International Minerals
Fazenda do Centro, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Size: 9 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm
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Glassy, colorless topaz, shaped like a flame and brilliantly lustrous all around! This etched topaz floater has the amazing rich structure this unique find is known for and is, save for some small abrasions, in best condition. It is a smaller exemplar of that one-time find but stunning nevertheless!
Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 3.2 x 2 x 1.3 cm
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This fine little single crystal euclase is completely gemmy and highly lustrous and in outstanding condition! It is basically colorless but with a faint golden tinge that makes it even more elegant. But it's not only about the high quality and the distinctive architecture. Also the fact that the bottom is not broken but crystallized and intergrown with some very nice mica is an excellent detail that sets this piece apart from others! The condition is near perfect with only a little rough edge but no actual damage. This is an absolutely amazing little crystal!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 6.3 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm
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A single spray of sharp and highly lustrous olivenite crystals is set on a nice brown limonitic matrix. The crystals are gemmy and show the characteristic olive green color at direct backlight illumination. The rare copper arsenate is a relatively new addition to the list of minerals from the Milpillas mine and has not been reported before 2016. This specimen is from a 2020 find and was in the collection of copper mineral collector Thomas Weiland.
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 11.8 x 6.2 x 8.4 cm
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Golden lustrous pyrite cubes and white glassy quartz are aesthetically combined on this high quality specimen. The pyrite is sharp and lustrous with fine striations on all sides. While there are some smaller issues on the backside, the front is all perfect and beautiful. Even the quartz is in surprisingly well condition if you consider how those piece are mined at the Mundo Nueve Mine in an altitude of over 4600 meters. Definitely a stunning and elegant piece!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 5.9 x 4 x 3 cm
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What once was a massive azurite crystal is now completely replaced by silky green malachite while still showing the original well defined crystal shape. As a patchwork of different shades of green this specimen appears vivid and elegant and is in very best condition! The backside shows brown and white residues of a porous matrix. A marvelous pseudomorphosis from the classic mines of Tsumeb!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 7 x 1.9 x 0.7 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 single crystal in stunningly clear and lustrous with very nice warm color. When you turn it in your hand you can easily see the color-change from green to brown. The condition is very well with harldy anything to report.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 11 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm
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A cluster of vividly yellow brucite spheres are set on a rock matrix with a thin hydromagnesite layer that provides an elegant silvery background. The individual spheres show a diameter of up to 1.5 cm. Unlike many pale and unattractive brucite specimens we have seen on the market these crystals shine with the most vibrant lemon-yellow color, strikingly emphasized on the smooth hydromagnesite matrix. The matrix itself is only around 1 cm thick and presents another very nice surface at the back, featuring a single 2x1 cm brucite cluster.
It's a remarkable specimen of excellent quality and very nice aesthetics!
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.3 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
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The quality of this botryoidal brucite specimen is absolutely wonderful and stunning! It's gemmy, lustrous, perfectly crystallized all around and with the most vibrant lemon-yellow color you can find! At the left side it has some rock fragments, the rest is pure brucite of superb quality and distinctive formation. An outstanding specimen of this marvelous and appealing mineral!
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.7 x 3 x 1.6 cm
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The brookite crystal on this lovely little specimen is a stunning 2.3 cm long and shows best maroon color with the characteristic hourglass painting. The dominant crystal is associated with some quartz, beautifully arranged around the brookites base. A side-crystal at the back is broken but which is long re-healed and not visible from the front anyway. Fantastic aesthetics, highest crystal quality and a flawless condition make this floater from the worlds best brookite locality a total stunner!
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Size: 7.8 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
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Beautiful interlocked deep blue rosettes of azurite are grown on a contrasting light green malachite matrix which looks rather typical for the locale. The azurite shows very fine blades, it is in best condition and has nice (not exceptional but still very good) luster. A beautiful specimen overall that has very distinct aesthetics!
ex Martin Zinn collection.
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, Attica, Greece
Size: 6.7 x 5.9 x 1.5 cm
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The Jean Baptiste mine is one of four interconnected mines near the village of Agios Konstantinos. Another one of those mines is the Serpieri Mine which is the type locality of glaucocerinite, an extremely rare mineral that can only be found in a handfull of mines worldwide! The mineral displays intensive turquoise-blue color on a surface of botryoidal crystals with a waxy luster. This floater shard is covered on front and backside in glaucocerinite and is largely intact. Beautiful bright color and the sheer rarity makes this specimen special!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 6.7 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
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This is really impressive aesthetics! A single tourmaline of gemmy quality and intensive green color is associated with a compact quartz crystals, perched to its side. The tourmaline itself has amazing quality from bottom to top and a distinctive twin-termination. The quartz is a translucent, fully developed single crystal that adds a totally unique aspect to this specimen. It has an abrasion at the tip but which is at least partly re-healed. The tourmaline on the other hand is perfect with only a missing side-crystal at the bottom. It's an absolutely unique specimen of superb quality and outstanding design!