International Minerals
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
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This single crystal tourmaline from a new find at the Aricanga mine impresses with beautiful colors and a sharp pointed termination! The colors range from raspberry red to white, green and a golden amber towards the termination. The crystal is flawless and not repaired!
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 4.8 x 4.6 x 3 cm
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This rare specimen features a solid manganotantalite crystal with a size of 3.1 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm on matrix. The crystal is hard to illuminate, but close to the surface it shows the beautiful wine-red color that is so characteristic for the mineral. It has a vivid surface structure and sits centrally on a white feldspar matrix. Our video gives a very good impression of this remarkable, massive and all together stunning crystal.
Bensafe mine, Shigar valley, Skardu, Pakistan
Size: 11.5 x 8.9 x 8.5 cm
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This tremedous topaz specimen is from a 2021 find at the new Bensafe mine in Shigar valley.
It is a phenomenal honey-orange specimen that shows this totally gorgeous quality!
The single topaz is 8 cm long and 4.4 cm broad! It shows incredible luster and gemminess, it is flawless and very well developed with a characteristic topaz shape and some very nice surface structure!
The color is absolutely stunning too. Especially if you add some warm light it glows in a stunning golden orange!
The crystal is set on a snow-white albite matrix that is all very nicely crystallized and has some small green fluorite here and there.
This is without doubt a brilliant specimen of highest crystal quality and dramatic size!
Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
Size: 9 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
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Sharp bright blue azurites are accompanied by shiny green malachite which makes for a fantastic color contrast! The crystals are all in perfect condition and of high end quality! Superb luster, strong color and perfectly sharp developed crystals! A perfect exemplar from this uncommon site in Laos!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 9.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
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A really beautiful piece is this pseudomorphosis from malachite to azurite. The azurite has been 100% replaced by malachite. Due to its velvety surface, malachite shimmers magnificently in different shades of green! The crystals are in perfect condition, only on the sides there are contact zones. The underside is also completely crystallized. A truly uniquely beautiful piece of pure malachite from the famous site, the Milpillas Mine. The piece comes with a label from "Miner's Lunchbox" in Nevada, as well as a label from London collector David Lucas.
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
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Two sharp and gemmy spessartine crystals are single isolated set on a beautifully crystallized white albite matrix. The larger one has a diameter of 1.2 cm and is flawless. The smaller on has 0.8 cm and is perfect as well. A piece of wonderful aesthetics and striking crystal quality!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 5.2 x 4.7 x 4 cm
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This is one of the more unusual combinations I have seen in a while. A doubly terminated quartz, translucent and highly lustrous, piggybacks two tetrahedrite crystals with a coating of golden shimmering chalcopyrite micro-crystals and an association of metallic bournonite that has grown all over it. There is no damage visible anywhere on this fine specimen of pure beauty. Filled between the gaps there is even some calcite and feldspar present, perfecting the picture. All in all this is a brilliantly aesthetic, utterly unique piece of combination, contrast and 360° of perfection!
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
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The main bertrandite crystal on this fine specimen is 3.9 cm long, shows excellent quality and is completely undamaged.
The surface is of scaly complexity with a pearlescent sheen.
Very nicely and aesthetically arranged.
Bertrandite is a beryllium hydroxide that is commonly found in beryllium rich pegmatites.
But however common the material might be, it is extremely hard to find in a nice crystallized shape.
The Golconda mine is the only known source for Brazilian bertrandite. First finds were reported in 1992 but have bee scarce ever since. This specimen is from a new find and it is quite lovely in person!
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 4.9 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
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This is an extremely rare combination of bertrandite on schorl from the Golconda Mine in Brazil.
Bertrandite is a beryllium hydroxide that is commonly found in beryllium rich pegmatites.
But however common the material might be, it is extremely hard to find in a nice crystallized shape.
The Golconda mine is the only known source for Brazilian bertrandite. First finds were reported in 1992 but have bee scarce ever since.
This specimen is from a new find and it is not only lovely but also completely unique.
The piece features a flawless 3.4 cm bertrandite on a straight 4.9 cm schorl crystal.
The schorl is undamaged and lustrous. From the backside you can see that it has a side crystal which makes it even more attractive.
The contrast of pearlescent white bertrandite and jet-black schorl, the superb quality and the unique aesthetics of this specimen is extremely appealing in person.
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
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Epidote from the Alpine type clefts of Pakistan are a well known species that impresses with gemmy quality and a multitude of different shapes!
This little floater is a complex of well defined interlocked crystals. The crystals are sharp, lustrous and gemmy with a "thread" running through from bottom to top. Very nice specimen and in best condition!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 2.5 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
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A single doubly terminated and sharp anatase crystal horizontally lies across the tip of a transparent quartz with chlorite inclusions. The anatase is 1.6 cm long, sharp and flawless. At direct illumination it shows nice transparency with brown color towards the terminations. The surface is partly frosted, partly lustrous and has a single clump of rust-brown limonite atop. Very fine aesthetics in best condition!
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The single anatase on this distinctive specimen is 1.6 cm long, 1 cm broad and 0.6 cm thick. It is sharp and lustrous and in perfect condition. The little rough zone at the front face that you can see in the picture is not damaged but only some kind of imprint. The amazing crystal is set on a unusually vivid matrix. Have a look on our video for a better impression on how lovely this specimen really is!