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5.0
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While Toenail is not an official "competition" size classification, sometimes thumbnail specimens are just a bit too big for competition rules, often referred to as "boxbusters." There is no standard size for toenails, but they overlap a thumbnail and a miniature.
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DT gem Topaz crystal (203 grams)
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
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Peridot
Pakistan
3.66 ct, 11.54 mm x 6.84 mm
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Pendant and Earrings, Amethyst (good color) in Sterling Silver (designed and made by Brett Kosnar)
Brazil
3.3 cts (approximate total weight of gems), 5.7 mm (stones)
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Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
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Anglesite on Galena (Marty Lewadny Coll.)
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
4.4 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
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Orpiment with Barite (uncommon locale)
Gold Bar mine, Antelope District, Eureka Co., Nevada
5.0 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
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Cassiterite (old classic) Smithsonian Coll.
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.2 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
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Andradite (new find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
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Uraninite with Uranophane and "Gummite" (ex Foote Specimens)
Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Up to 3.6 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
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Andradite (var: Demantoid)
Tubussis Farm 22 (Tubussis; Tubusis; Tubessis), Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.7 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
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Cassiterite with Quartz
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 6.7 x 2.1 cm
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Beryl var. Morganite ex Obodda
Papra Mine, near Paprok, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
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Gibbsite (great color)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
1.6 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
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Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm
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Franckeite with Galena and Antimony-rich Tennantite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
14.3 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
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Vivianite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
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Monazite-Ce (color change crystals)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.0 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
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Pyrite
Tasna Mine, Rosario Section of Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
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Amethyst with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
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Apatite with Quartz and Siderite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
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Gypsum (hard to find material)
Salar de Uyuni, Nor Lipez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
10.6 x 9.2 x 4.0 cm
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Azurite with Malachite on Chrysocolla (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
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Copper (good sized dodecahedron)
Kearsarge Mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
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Pyromorphite (Arsenian) (ex Arnaud Collection)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
4.7 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
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Pyrite (ex Roy Evans Collection)
Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, USA
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
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Sapphire (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Helena area, Spring Hill District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.1 cm
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Prehnite (cast after Anhydrite)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
8.0 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
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Chabazite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
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Quartz "casts" after Anhydrite on Quartz
Vein Outcrop, Dawn of Day (Sunshine) Mine, Cement Creek, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
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Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
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