Mixed Minerals
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
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The combination on this piece is not just rare but also stunningly beautiful! A cluster of scheelite crystals encrusted with a yellow layer of the exceptionally rare stolzite is sitting on nicely composed quartz like a backpack. Distinctly 3-dimensional, highly aesthetic and of unusual composition this piece is absolutely unique!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 5.1 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
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This epidote is a floater specimen, composed of massive crystals. It is a construct of intergrown parallel crystals with a sharp chisel-tip termination which gives it the appearance of a rocket! The crystal is transparent at direct backlight with a patchwork of green and brown colors as is characteristic for the mineral! Apart from minor edge-wear and a contact on the side this piece is all complete and in very fine condition. An impressive specimen in person!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 12 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
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An amazingly beautiful group of water-clear fluorite cubes with fresh blueish green color. The crystals vary in size with the largest crystal at the center reaching around 4 cm even though this is kind of hard to measure exactly due to some modified edges, rounded faces and crystals that are stacked upon and grown into each other. Absolutely marvelous and with impressively large crystals for the locale! The surface is largely of best luster without any abrasions or the like. The fluorite is grown on a thin piece of feldspar that is crystallized with tiny pink fluorite at the bottom. The periphery shows some minor contacts but is mostly just perfect. A compact piece of elegant beauty!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.5 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
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I have seen many pieces from that locale that are just too tightly packed and chaotic but this one is very clearly defined: A couple of smaller epidotes prominently hold a 4.7 cm large single bow-tie atop that is of absolue perfection! Also the smaller crystals are flawless with only some minor contacts near the base and only on the backside. The whole piece is practically a floater of sharply developed, highly lustrous, jet-black epidote that shows particularly sweeping aesthetics!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 6.2 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm
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The azurite sits like a flower on this one, supported by an almost black, elongated piece of matrix. Some tiny sprays of green malachite are present as is characteristic for azurite specimens in general. The azurite shows just spectacular "electric" blue color and is in brilliant condition all around. Milpillas Mine is famous for splendid quality and this very specimen shows us why. Jutting out, sharp crystals of fantastic gemmy quality are perfectly presented and beautifully arranged. An excellent sculpturesque Azurite without any downsides!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 10.7 x 10.6 x 5 cm
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Perfectly transparent colorless quartz, spectacularly composed and in flawless condition forms this incredible piece of highest quality. The quartz is all lustrous and glassy, offering a perfect view to the byssolite lying beneath it. The many crystal faces sparkle with light as you can very well see in our video, spreading attractive green color. A major specimen of utter quality from Val Gronda da Cavrein.
Riedingsee, Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 24 x 17.5 x 7.5 cm
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"Weißeck" is catchphrase for every collector of Alpine treasures! Fluorite specimen of this famous and classic locale are often of very appealing color and good quality though they have become scarce on the market.
This incredible specimen is just HUGE with hundreds of stacked fluorite cubes up to just under 3 cm on edge. The color is a charming pastel green, the crystals are all transparent with good to very good luster! There are some peripheral contacts but the whole of the main view is virtually perfect and even the backside is largely crystallized with green fluorite cubes.
An absolutely stunning eye-catcher of tremendous size!
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A superb quartz specimen from the Binntal that strikes with incredibly good quality and the impressive size of 16 cm! The striated surface shows excellent luster, encompasses the tessin quartz habit and emphasizes the sharp contours! The tapering shape leads right up to the pointed and flawless termination! Around the middle section and the base you will find some mica which adds much to the already attractive design! Overall this glassy specimen is in very best condition. One broken side crystal at the base is the only small flaw, the rest is just pristine and perfect!
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 10.1 x 7.6 x 7.5 cm
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This is a group of schorl in combination with very nice crystals of quartz and feldspar! The white crystals of feldspar are sitting on the black schorl what makes a very good contrast to this specimen. Over all, it is in a very good condition with just minor damage on some of the smaller side crystals what is very hard visible with the eyes. It is very 3-dimensional in person what is hard to show on pictures. Much better in person!
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It is a rich piece of bournonite from Baia Sprie that shows a nice classic aesthetics! The individual cog wheel shaped bournonite crystals are set on a a massive black matrix. Between these crystals is some golden shimmering chalcopyrite which lightens up the dark, grim landscape and adds some life and contrast! A well shaped specimen with single isolated crystals up to 1,3 cm in diameter. It is in perfect condition with only peripheral contacts but no damage at all!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way.This specimen is a dominant epidote "bow tie" of considerable 3.8 cm in size. A second cluster at the side is broken yet re-healed at the backside, which is not visible from the front. The main cluster is very vell developed and highly lustrous on all sides!
Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 5.2 x 4.5 x 2 cm
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Gwindel specimens are extremely rare for the Pakistani mountains especially in such perfect formation. This crystal shows the classic open gwindel shape with jagged sides and a structured front face. Unlike the great majority of Alpine gwindels which are of the smoky variant, this specimen is completely colorless and glassy. While it is not completely flawless it sure is in very good condition. One issue at the left side is mainly rehealed as is the bottom where it detached probably from another quartz. A classy quartz of the gwindel variant from an unusual locale!