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Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
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A strinking combination of transparent long prismatic quartz supporting a cluster of octahedral scheelite crystals, covered in bright signal yellow stolzite. It is a very much 3-dimensional piece and a great example for the famous and utterly unique 2014 find at Mundo Nuevo Mine. Right through the center runs a single hübnerite crystal, also typical for the locale. Highly attractive and rare, this is a unusual combination-piece of great importance!
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 3.1 x 2.3 x 2 cm
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Now, this is truly a superb piece! An absolutely perfect iron rose, lustrous and particularly detailed, sits on a matrix of brilliant adularia and quartz. The overall aesthetics of this specimen is about exactly what we search for on minerals and love to offer to our customers. Also the backside shows great luster and is without compromise. A real jewel. A sharp little killer.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, D.R. Congo
Size: 7.8 x 6.1 x 3.1 cm
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Congo is by far the worlds best region for primary malachite. This is a lovely combination of dark green malachite and brighter blue-green chrysocolla reminding me of a natural coral reef in the turquoise tropical sea. Beautifull, colorful and in overall good condition!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 4.2 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
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The rich tungsten-tin deposits at the Yaogangxian mine are source for a huge variety of rare minerals. This specimen of stannite, a rare copper, iron, tin sulfide features interlocked crystals of this silvery golden shimmering material with some minimal calcite association. The piece is crystallized all around with no damage!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.2 x 2 x 1.3 cm
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This single titanite crystal offers great brilliance and color that varies from mossy green to a nice reddish brown. The crystal is in good condition but there is some edgewear present. Nevertheless, the bottom is contacted and not broken. An appealing single crystal of impressive quality!
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Size: 8 x 7.5 x 5.3 cm
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The mine near the village of Katlang is famous for its occurance of highly unusual and desired pink topaz. Most crystals found here are loose crystals but of very high quality.
This specimen is an exceptional matrix piece showing one single topaz crystal accompanied by a colorless quartz of similar size. The topaz is 3.5 x 2 cm, highly lustrous and sharp. The color is rather intensive raspberry red, contrasting against the quartz and the calcite/rock matrix. A rare and striking specimen of Katlang-topaz on matrix!
La Cuerre Mine, Rionansa, La Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain
Size: 8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
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Like a snowball on a slope, this flawless and highly lustrous yellow calcite crystal sits on a rich matrix that supports the dramatic charm of this specimen. The calcite specimens from this region belong to Spains very best, this very specimen being no exception. The single isolated crystal is nicely transparent and of beautiful and characteristic spheral shape with a size of 4.6 cm! Outstanding in every way, this stunningly aeshtetical piece is a perfect, jewel-like eye-catcher.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 13.3 x 11.7 x 6.7 cm
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Hold on to something, that's as good as it gets! The quality of these quartz crystals, aesthetically arranged on that formidable specimen, is absolutely pristine and the best you will ever find. Extremely lustrous and perfectly clear. You could read a newspaper through the 3.4 cm thick main crystal without any trouble. All side crystals are of matching quality and visually support the main crystal. The untamed aesthetics makes for a real eye-catcher and leaves a natural yet somehow supernatural specimen!
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This is an elongated prismatic quartz of great transparency and luster all around. The bottom of this fine specimen is fully crystallized with terminated quartz and white accessory pericline. Also at the side face some smaller pericline crystals are perched. A side-crystal at the back is broken but which is not visible from the front. Some edges are a bit rough but most of which is contact induced with only one visible chip at the termination. All in all this is a remarkably fine quartz specimen for Rauris, with typical character and a dominant, attractive appearance!
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Straight, sharp and water-clear. A small but brilliant single quartz that shows some inner life through decent green chloritization. It is right handed, prismatic and virtually flawless with a contacted bottom. The termination's edges are a bit rough which seems to bee contact induced and not damaged. An excellent miniature specimen from Felbertal!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.9 x 5.8 x 4 cm
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A vivid combination of sharp tetrahedrite on golden lustrous pyrite with white contrasting quartz. The piece has peripheral contacts but is otherwise in very good condition. A nice piece from the worlds best location for tetrahedrite!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 2.5 x 1.7 x 1 cm
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Lovely little amethyst sceptre with a clear and distinctive purple head on an unusually shaped body. This body appears kind of amorphous but it is completely crystallized. The head on the other hand is sharply developed, lustrous and completely flawless!