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Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa Dimensions: 4.0cm x 3.0cm x 2.2cm Here is a twinned variously included Quartz crystal with brilliant turquoise Ajoite phantoms. There is a cluster of small Quartz crystals at the base, one of which has a light Ajoite phantom as well. Copper inclusions with both russet and silver hematite staining are present and tiny spheroids of red ... |
| © Dr. Perry Silver | Photo ID: 163472 View Count: 274 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa Even rarer than a papagoite inclusion is the related copper species AJOITE. Here we have an UNPOLISHED natural DOUBLY-terminated crystal that displays about the richest zone of concentrated ajoite inclusion you can ask for, and the most ajoite I have ever seen in one spot on one crystal. Truly an exceptional miniature by ANY standard for the ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 39969 View Count: 763 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Papagoite : CaCu[H3AlSi2O9] | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa Sample massive (Papagoite is blue) with 3x2,5x2cm - December of 1992 |
| © Martins da Pedra | Photo ID: 68665 View Count: 426 |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 100 x 52 x 54 mm. Robert J. Nowakowski Collection to the Howard Messing Collection. |
| © Joseph A. Freilich | Photo ID: 194008 View Count: 326 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm. Ajoite is a VERY RARE copper-related silicate. This is a KILLER, UNPOLISHED, natural quartz crystal that displays RICH zones of concentrated, turquoise-blue ajoite inclusions that you can ask for, and is about the most ajoite I have ever seen in one crystal. Truly an exceptional miniature by ANY standard for the collector of ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 139620 View Count: 325 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 4.0 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm. Ajoite is a VERY RARE copper-related silicate. This is a KILLER, UNPOLISHED, natural quartz crystal that displays RICH zones of concentrated, turquoise-blue ajoite inclusions that you can ask for, and is about the most ajoite I have ever seen in one crystal. Truly an exceptional miniature by ANY standard for the collector of ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 146095 View Count: 242 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa Ajoite in quartz. Specimen is from the Earl Calvert collection 1975. Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm. |
| Photo ID: 216967 View Count: 138 | |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 6.9 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm. Ajoite is a rare copper-based mineral that appears in specimens almost exclusively as inclusions inside quartz crystals. Most often, as here, the crystals are polished to give a better view of the ajoite, as the crystals are generally milky. This one is very richly included with ajoite, so it displays a pretty blue-green ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 192601 View Count: 105 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 12.0 x 7.8 x 6.2 cm. From the surprising January 2008 find here, this is a symmetric, complete, undamaged crystal showing rich inclusions of the rare species ajoite. Interestingly, the quartz crystal has a "girdle" of sorts of included material which darkens the stalk and thus draws the eye all the more to the beautiful blue atop. Note this is not ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 197468 View Count: 105 |
Ajoite : (K,Na)Cu7[(OH)6|AlSi9O24] · 3H2O, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 5.2 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm. Ajoite is a rare mineral that is almost always seen as bright, blue-green inclusions in quartz crystals. You can see several occurrences of these inclusions in these two intergrown quartz crystals from Africa. Old material from the Richard Hauck collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 197997 View Count: 83 |
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