International Minerals
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
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The diameter of this spessartine sphere is a considerable 2.8 cm. It is a rather rough crystal but as far as one can tell it's flawless with only a contact at the backside. Some direct illumination reveals the cherry-red color that's strong near the surface. The single crystal is set on a white piece of albite. Around the spessartine's base is a collar of muscovite with translucent green micro-crystals, presumably andradite. Attractive composition meets a remarkably large main crystal in very best condition!
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Several panels of glassy, smoky yellow barite are prominently stacked on a pink dolomite matrix. The largest crystal is around 3.5 cm long, shows best luster and a sharp, distinct shape. All crystals are flawless and 3-dimensionally arranged to form this highly aesthetic specimen!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 5.8 cm
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A strinking combination of transparent long prismatic quartz supporting dark hübnerite crystals with octahedral scheelite crystals atop which again are covered in bright signal yellow stolzite. This combination of scheelite with stolzite is exclusive for the stunning 2014 find at Mundo Nuevo Mine! The whole specimen is exceptionally 3-dimensional and while its looks kind of chaotic in composition it also has an elegant natural feel to it! Very important from a mineralogical point of view and also pretty if you are attracted to pieces where a lot is going on!
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Size: 6.1 x 3.2 x 5.5 cm
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The color of this dioptase is very much intriguing and, as I have to admit, definitely much fresher and brighter than we were able to capture on the picture (green is always difficult to naturally photograph). There is sparkling luster and gemminess all over this compact dioptase surface that shows no damage, only some peripheral contacts. Very attractive in person!
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 8.5 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
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Marvelous vanadinite on matrix forms this highly aesthetic specimen! The vanadinite comes as sharp and lustrous, deep strawberry red crystals in characteristic hexagonal cog-wheels. Amazing quality sparkles all over the rich cluster and shows very little damage and only on the peripheries. Have a look on the video for a better three-dimensional impression!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 8.5 x 6.8 x 5 cm
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Augelite is a rare aluminum-phosphate with major doposits almost exclusively in Peru. The main crystal on this specimen is rather dramatic with around 3 cm on edge! It is embedded in white quartz from which it emerges like a green island.
The condition is very good overall with only peripheral contacts but a flawless augelite crystal at the center! An outstanding specimen for this rare mineral!
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An apatite floater of stacked excellence! Glassy and lustrous crystals of best modified hexagonal shape are 3-dimensionally clustered upon each other to form this sculpturesque specimen! The whole piece is in very best condition with only one small damage but which is not visible from the front and hardly discernible anyway. Very attractive in person and of best quality this is an unusual beauty all around!
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!
Sanda Mine, Mindouli, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
Size: 10.2 x 7.3 x 2.4 cm
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Plancheite, the light blue, botryoidal crust over this matrix piece, provides a fantastic background for the lustrous, gemmy dioptase crystals that are scattered about the front face. Another nice aspect, when it comes to colors, is the reddish brown limonite, filling the gaps between plancheite and dioptase! The doubly terminated dioptase crystals show very good quality, are free of damage and up to 2.5 x 1.0 cm in size. This classic specimen is an exceptionally rare and beautiful paragenesis from the plancheite type locality in the south of the Republic of Congo!
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!
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!