Mixed Minerals
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.5 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
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A great combination of two quartz crystals, brotherly standing side by side, encompassed by multiple white adularia crystals. This whole specimen is in exceptional condition with just some microscopic edgewear on the smaller crystal and one or two contacts. Even the bottom is crystallized and a beautiful, sparkling view. With two main crystals of finest quality and many beautifully contrasting adularia, this is a magnificent piece!
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A characteristic combination of snow white tabular barite on a bed of metallic stibnite. The barite comes as up to 5 cm large and around 0.7 cm thick sharp plates that are translucent to transparent with all main crystals in perfect shape. The contrast to the metallic grey, tufted stibnite is quite striking in person!There is no considerable damage here only some minor peripheral issues which are totally acceptable on a major piece like this!All in all this is a great, elegant and very classy piece from B?iu?, Romania which did not produce new specimen for many years now.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 5.1 x 4.8 x 4 cm
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One massy, lustrous pyrite crystal ist the base for this specimen of extraordinarily nice combination and composition. Grown on this pyrite base are several beautifully modified galena crystals of brilliant quality capped in a crown of white fluorite. As you can very well see in our video, this is a 3-dimensional piece of sparkling luster. While the backside is contacted there is no actual damage to be found here. A superb piece of exceptional aesthetics!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 6 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
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Milpillas, one of the worlds finest sources for high class azurite specimens! This is a rather large single crystal, sharp like an arrow head, lustrous and blue. Accompanied by a smaller side-crystal it sits on a white contrasting matrix. Shape, size and quality of this crystal are nothing short of dramatic, with only minor abrasions but no damage in sight. A wonderful piece of great outline thats highly appealing in person!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 14.7 x 8.7 x 5.4 cm
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Hübnerite from Peru are without question the worlds best! This stunningly beautiful specimen is agreat example for the fantastic quality the Muno Nuevo Mine produced in the recent past. Large metallic black crystals with up to 1.8 cm broad wedge shaped terminations are distributed across a rich bed of sparkling white prismatic quartz. The contrast could not be better and perfectly emphasized the single hübnerite crystals.The condition is near-perfect, some broken hübnerite are completely re-healed. An overall impressive and just marvelous specimen of world-class hübnerite on quartz!
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Size: 12.6 x 8.5 x 7.6 cm
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An exceptionally attractive cabinet piece of rich green fluorite on quartz matrix! The cubical fluorites are grown over two round bulges which is better visible in our video. The green crystals are of great quality, glassy and lustrous with the intensive color that is characteristic for the locale. In between the fluorite there is some galena, developed as rock-grey octahedrons. This whole composition is definitely an eye-catcher of great size and quality!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 17.8 x 12 x 6.3 cm
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A dominant and massy cluster of water-clear, colorless quartz with best luster all around and in very best condition. Some rough tips and edges are not fresh but rather contact induced or re-healed. The whole piece has a greeninsh tinge due to some byssolite that coves the crystallized bottom and shines through the glassy quartz. A distinctly 3-dimensional piece of 360° beauty that shows great Alpine character!
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
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Another beautiful echted crystal of morganite with exceptional luster. Much better in person!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 11.4 x 7.7 x 6 cm
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As a complete floater that is free of any damage this is a formidable group of liddicoatite! Three main crystals of similar size are attached next to each other to form this compact and massive shape. A smaller crystal at the front and one at the backside are evenly perfect and add some more flavor to the 3-dimensional arrangement. I have to admit, the tourmalines need rather much backlight but when provided with that you can see nice green and - towards the terminations - strawberry red colors! The terminations show complex design and are associated with some londonite around the backside. A dominant specimen for this rare tourmaline variant!
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.6 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
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One single, extremely well developed topaz is beautifully accompanied by white cleavelandite which represents the classic combination for this exceptional locale. The crystal is gem-clear through and through with one internal crack but no damage or repair. The complex termination - all nicely lustrous - is stunning and beautiful alike! The frontside features some pristinely white cleavelandite around the base as well as a horizontal topaz side-crystal but which is partly overgrown with the albite and contacted at the back. Overall this is a brilliant exemplar of the sherry-colored, stunningly designed type of topaz with beautiful aesthetics and in best condition all over!
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mts., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Size: 9.3 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
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Shaped like a crown on a head of porous matrix this hyalite specimen (or Opal-AN) is especially distinctive in appearance. Inside the circular boundaries there is a structure of cream-white aragonite, organically protruding and prominent. The hyalite is perfectly water-clear and in a very good condition. This piece offers perfect aesthetics and brilliant quality as you nicely can see in our video. An attractive piece from a unique locality!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 7.1 x 6 x 2.2 cm
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A bizarrely bulky specimen that shows characteristic cerussite growth patterns like imprinted on its surface. All around there are no broken or damaged parts only unusual etchings and striated crystallization. The cerussite is in large parts transparent and of cream-white color. At the bottom it is grown into some matrix which is also crystallized and sparkling. A highly attractive choice that is both unusually shaped and characteristic for the famous locale.