Mixed Minerals
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 14 x 11.6 x 4.8 cm
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A fascinating floater specimen of water-clear, towering quartz on matrix. This piece is crystallized all over, shows a perfectly aesthetic outline and a great variety of doubly terminated crystals. There are no downsides her, only a large diversity of nice details. At very close inspection there are some small chips but nothing of significance. A brilliant quartz floater of characteristically high Cavradi quality!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 6.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
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While commonly orange, yellow or brown, this perfect single scheelite crystal shows a distinct purple coloring that radiates from the highly lustrous surface. The sharp crystal shows five out of six possible tetrahedal tips and is beautifully attached to a white, sparkling quartz crystal that is a floater and completely flawless! Absolutely spectacular in quality and aesthetics! The little tetrahedrons you can see upon the scheelites faces are small chalcopyrite crystals. Absolutely rare and a 100% lovely in person!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 11.9 x 10.7 x 8 cm
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WOW, what a beautiful specimen! Many fluorites of beautiful color are well situated on the quartz matrix of yellowish color! The crystals have a size up to 1.2 cm on edge, showing some great phantoms! The dramatic crack in the matrix makes a unique appearance to this specimen, and it is completely stable!
Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Size: 6 x 1.8 x 0.35 cm
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Absolutely amazing in size and quality, this extremely rare eudidymite is an important specimen for Zagi Mountains that is much better known for its bastnäsite. The tabular shape includes a orange-brown layer that adds a just lovely color to this otherwise fully transparent crystal. This is a spectacular single crystal for the species that shows beautiful complex modification, highest quality and and is free of any damage all around. Incredible!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 3 x 1.9 cm
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Unusual, almost botryoidal growth makes this iron rose specimen unique. The several hematite rosettes perched on this adularia matrix are exceedingly thick, yet lovely composed of hundreds of tiny hematite plates. The surface is sparkling in manyfold tempering colors. Very compact, delicate and perfectly developed. An exceptional specimen from Mörchnerkar, home of Austrias best hematite specimens.
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 9.5 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
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This is an amazing group of galena with high quality. Most of the specimens I have seen coming out from Russia are heavily damaged, or just of lower quality. This specimen is perfect all around, without any damage of importance. Also the bottom side is crystallized with some small crystals of calcite. The calcites in between look very nice, giving the specimen a particular character. It is very 3-dimensional in person, what is not very good visible on the pictures.
Bou Nahas, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tarhbalt, Er Rachidia, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco
Size: 9 x 7.8 x 4.7 cm
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This floater is basically an aggregate of sparklingly lustrous barite crystals that exhibit a color range from creamy white to dark smoky brown. The piece is virtually free of damage, with just some minor wear at the backside. I love the shape of a 3-dimensional jigsaw puzzle composed of hundreds of clustered crystals. A highly lustrous appealing piece of barite with even some matrix at the backside.
Hubei Province, China
Size: 7.9 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
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All in all this is a outstanding piece that impresses in many ways! The combination of doubly terminated amethyst on beautiful lustrous calcite, accompanied by salmon colored apophyllite of unusual crystal habit is just unique. Not even the book "China" by Berthold Ottens shows comparable specimens! There is no damage to be found on this fabulous piece of pure stunning elegance. A rare piece of highest quality you will harldy find alike on the market or even in private showcases around the world!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.2 x 3.2 x 3 cm
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This is a floater that combines two japan-law twins of high quality on a specimen with the unique shape of two loving butterflies. With gemmy clear crystals of virtually flawless condition, this specimen is a true stunner of finest aesthetics.
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.6 x 4 x 3.5 cm
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A quartz scepter of highest quality, sharp, lustrous and very well defined. The whole crystal is in best condition with only one minimal wilbur at the tip which should not concern you on a fantastic piece like this. The bottom tapers to a pointed termination and is completely crystallized. Some yellowish iron oxide markes this as a characteristic Rauris specimen. Characteristic, yet of exceptionally high quality and outstanding aesthetics. A true stunner in person!
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A number of amber-orange grossular crystals are scattered across this crystallized feldspar matrix, associated with several colorless quartz. The brownish grey matrix provides a perfect contrast for the gemmy, sparkling garnet, with sharp, euhedral crystals up to around 4 mm in diameter. The backside is mostly cut as is one smaller patch at the front. Anyway, the overall view is one of great quality garnet on a nicely structured matrix, characteristic for Nuristan Region.
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 3 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
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An impressive single dioptase crystal of a stunning three centimeters in length, this piece holds marvelous green color and pristine luster on all sides. As a floater that is completely flawless on all sides this dioptase is truly outstanding and one of natures most fascinating wonders!