International Minerals 49
Mogok Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
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The ruby on this brilliant specimen has a diameter of 1.1 cm, it has strong red color and it’s super gemmy! The crystal is set on a nice blueish white calcite matrix that is well crystallized and an exceptionally fine background for the ruby. An outstanding specimen of highest quality as you can very well see in our video!
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Two intergrown faden-quartz crystals of brilliant quality and with distinctive white threads are set on a matrix with smaller side-crystals. Especially the main crystal has striking quality and a thick white thread. The second crystal unfortunately is damaged on the side but the overall quality and aesthetics definitely make up for this.
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The piece features a single beautifully defined lazurite crystal on white calcite matrix. Lazurite is often confused with lapis lazuli, which is not a mineral in its own right, but a mixed rock of several components such as lazurite, calcite, and pyrite Lazurite is much rarer and with its deep azure-blue color very attractive in person! The crystal on this specimen has a size of 2,9 x 2,6 x 2,4 cm and is in excellent condition. It is sharply defined and shows the characteristic deep blue color, which is in strong contrast to the snow-white matrix.
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A lovely single crystal tourmaline of striking quality on feldspar. The tourmaline is completely gemmy and has a wonderful blue color. It has a straight termination, but with partially bevelled edges. The condition is very good, only tiny abrasions can be seen. The tourmaline sits on a single, beautifully shaped white microcline crystal with white albite on one side.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 9.6 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm
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This aquamarine from Namibia is rather rough but I personally like that a lot!
It is from a new find in the Erongo Mountains and has remarkable size.
The aqua itself is 8.2 cm long and 4.2 cm in diameter.
As mentioned, the piece is more on the rough, natural, untamed side with intergrown white feldspar and some brown coating of an unidentified mineral.
The aquamarine itself on the other hand has very intensive blue color, nice luster and, especially towards the termination, great gemmy zones as well.
The condition is very good and everything is naturally developed with only very little abrasions here and there. A dramatic specimen of distinctive aesthetics that stands in contrast to the specimens from Pakistan.
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This beautifully crystallized white calcite was found in the county of Møre og Romsdal, better known for its occurance of forsterite. The piece has excellent luster and clarity and the shape is really attractive in person. One cleaved crystal at the top is the only downside which one would have to accept. However, that greatly reduces the price on this otherweise stunning and amazingly beautiful crystal.
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 13.1 x 10.8 x 5.9 cm
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This phantom quartz specimen from the recent finds in Hyderabad has a very attractive composition and strikes with distinctive phantoms! The crystals are transparent and lustrous and have those beautiful purple hematite phantoms inside that are so well admired. There are some damaged crystals present but the overall composition and quality are still very much attractive in person.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 8.7 x 5.7 x 2 cm
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This brucite has particularly strong yellow color! Seeing how pale or almost colorless some of this material is, this one really shines like a beacon! The crystallization is wonderful as well and shows highly lustrous surface structures on both sides. The whole specimen is in excellent condition and a complete floater.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 7.7 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
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A 3 cm Ilmenite cluster on single smoky quartz crystal. The ilmenite is well crystallized, shows the characteristic reddish-brown color and sits wonderfully aesthetically on the side of the smoky quartz. A layer of hyalite has grown on the back, extending over parts of both the ilmenite and the quartz. If you shine into the smoky quartz from behind, you can see that the crystal is very transparent. In daylight, it shows a slightly yellowish color, which is why it could perhaps even be classified as citrine. The combination of rare minerals in this captivating aesthetics and in such good condition undoubtedly makes this piece unique!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 4.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
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A lovely little fluorite from the Berbes mining area in Spain. The piece features several interlocked cubical fluorites up to 1.4 cm with superb luster and satiated purple color! The crystals are easily lit and absolutely beautiful. The purple core is encompassed by a colorless zone which makes it even more brilliant. At close inspection you can see the very distinctive color zonation which is actually much more impressive in person than on the picture!
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This is a lovely coral-like calcite from Sardinia with a vivid three-dimensional shape and nice sand-color. It is perfectly crystallized all around and is in very best condition! I love this unique natural shape that is highly appealing in person!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
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Three tourmaline crystals are vertically protruding from a white cluster of cleavelandite. Like the towers of a castle those crystals are rather prominent and contrast well against the white background. The dark crystals have intensive blue zones towards the pyramidal terminations which is uncommon, considering that green is by far the predominent color on comparable specimens. The condition is extremely well all over. There is a small contact on the lower front but apart from that I couldn’t see anything imperfect.