Mixed Minerals
Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, D.R. Congo
Size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
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This miniature features a single carrolite crystal at the center of a white calcite matrix. The calcite is lustrous at the lower parts and covered in a fine layer of chalcopyrite micro crystals further up. The carrolite is a perfect cubo-octahedral crystal of bright silver luster with a size of around 1 cm in diameter. A lovely little specimen of this splendid mineral!
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The unusual color combination of this aesthetic fluorite specimen is quite intriguing especially when lit from the back which brings out the intensive purple phantoms that rest inside these honey-yellow fluorite cubes. This is a formation of several stacked cubes of fine translucent quality. The sides are contacted but not broken. The bottom is re-healed. There is one single chip at the larger crystal but which does not distract from the great visual impact of this piece. At the faces of the fluorite you will find tiny metallic grains, presumably chalcopyrite. Remarkable crystal size, appealing composition and stunning colors are combined to this amazing and exceptional piece.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Size: 10 x 9.1 x 5.5 cm
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Beautiful purple color and very best aesthetics are combined on this spectacular piece of best Elmwood fluorite! Several intergrown cubical fluorite crystals sit on a small piece of matrix, sparkling with quartz and dolomite. The fluorite strikes with particularly good clearity and stunning purple color, especially strong along the edges. The backside is contacted but fully re-crystallized and shows no damage at all! A wonderful specimen from one of the worlds leading sources for high class fluorite!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.2 x 3.6 x 1 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 floater specimen shows sweeping aesthetics of several parallel grown epidote crystals in varying size. The aggregate is complete without any damage and only very minimal abrasions. All crystals are very much gemmy, especially towards the terminations and have brilliant luster on both sides.
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.1 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
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This 2.4 cm long brookite is from a recent find in the Alpine-type clefts of the Kharan district. It's a transparent auburn crystal with a perfect termination that protrudes from a lovely little group of well developed quartz crystals. The size of this brookite is rather dramatic and apart from a small chip at the backside it's all complete and perfect.
Antetezambato, Ambanha District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
Size: 12.9 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
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Many crystals of very good quality, up to 1.5 cm in size, are well-placed on the very typical matrix for this locale. On this specimen you find both, demantoide and also topazolite, what is visible through the difference in color. Much better in person!
Zagi Mts, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Size: 3.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm
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The size of this crystal is just impressive, considering the rareness of this mineral. Still, what’s most attractive about this piece is the spectacular coloring of a golden brown and a deep cherry red at the center. I have to admit, the pictures and video do not give enough credit to this remarkable aspect. The main flaw about this specimen is a damaged area at the side of the crystal. Still, this bastnäsite is a pleasure for the eye that has a lot to offer: great color, size, termination and generally an excellent impact.
Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 6.5 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
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Color, luster and sharpness of this amethyst are downright marvelous!This is more then a single crystal and we have only rarely seen crystals of this visual impression. Especially the dark purple coloring of the scepter is amazing and very nicely visible due to its clarity and surface. The surface itself is smooth at the termination and striated at the body with very good luster. A wonderful detail of this specimen is the second crystal that pokes out at the bottom of the main crystal and adds much to the overall aesthetics of this specimen.
Lukmanierschlucht, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 6 x 3.3 cm
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The combination with siderite provides this quartz specimen with its very own special charm. The main crystal is like a carrier rocket and everything - the flawless side crystals, the iron oxide coating and the rust-brown siderite - thematically revolves around it. This whole piece is in a very good shape. The main crystal is contacted at the back (which you can very well see through the water-clear crystal body) and has a minor ding, a "Wilbur", at the termination. A great piece of excellent aesthetics and quality!
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The main titanite on this brilliant little piece is 1.7 cm long, glassy, lustrous and just perfect! It is associated with several smaller side-crystals, set on a nice piece of matrix that itself is covered in adularia microcrystals. Our video shows the attractive 3-dimensional architecture of this wonderful and beautiful miniature!
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 15.5 x 11.4 x 5 cm
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This locality piece from the wulfenite type locality consists of thin bladed wulfenite up to around 4 cm in diameter. Due to the thin crystals it's understandable that many of them are broken but the unusually large size and nice aesthetics make this piece still something very special if you look for a dominant wulfenite from this important locale!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 2.7 x 1.6 x 1 cm
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Sharp bi-pyramidal anatase and transparent quartz are wildly arranged on this thumbnail floater specimen. The larger main crystal has a visible length of 1.1 cm and is interlocked with a glassy quartz with some chlorite inclusions. All crystals on this specimen are sharp and pointy with nice luster and even some gemmy blue and green patches under dirct downlight. The condition is very good all around with just minor abrasions.