International Minerals 50
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 8 x 7.6 x 5.2 cm
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Composed as a three-dimensional spray, these aquamarines are glassy and show distinctive blue color through and through. The condition is stunning all over. There is no obvious backside as the crystals are nice and shiny on all sides! In between aquamarines there is feldspar and minimal schorl present.
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
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The single 1.8 cm tourmaline is grown through a nice glassy shard of quartz. Both, the tourmaline and the quartz show beautiful luster and great clarity. The tourmaline is gemmy green and has a complex termination.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 5.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
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The distinctive v-shape of this lovely fluorite combination is absolutely stunning. It is a floater with no damage that features transparent and well developed fluorites with a nice waxy sheen. The colors range from blue to green with some purple and yellow zones inside. The color somewhat depends on the light source as you can see on the two different pictures below.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size: 8.2 x 7 x 5 cm
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This classic anglesite was found around 1960 and comes with a label from geologist and collector Dr. Reinhard Exel who bought the piece in 1971. Individual crystals are up to 2 cm in diameter. The anglesite crystals are colorless, lustrous and well defined and stand in strong contrast to the heavy black galena matrix.
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
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This amazing topaz specimen strikes with brilliant aesthetics! The single 1.9 cm topaz crystal has spectacular quality. It is extremely sharp and gemmy and in absolute best condition! The color is a lovely champagne that sits well on the white background of the feldspar matrix. As you can see in the picture, this feldspar is an actual single crystal microlite with nice luster and sharp edges.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 7.7 x 7.1 x 1.5 cm
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This brucite strikes with the most stunning yellow color you can imagine! Also the vibrant surface luster and the sweeping shape are absolutely gorgeous! Due to the flattened shape some backlight can easily enter the brucite and make it vividly shine. I can see no damage here, only stunning beauty.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 5.9 x 5 x 2.4 cm
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This is an exceptionally aesthetic schorl on quartz from the Eronog Mountains in Namibia. It shows two black crystals on a well shaped and glassy quartz crystal. Unlike many schorl crystals from Erongo these two are elongated straight crystals with a distinctive pyramidal termination. Everything here is in outstanding condition and even the bottom is completely crystallized!
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.
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 8.7 x 5.7 x 2 cm
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The tennantite is very well developed all around. It has a landscape-like aesthetics of pure metallic tennantite in all different sizes. The condition is exceptional: Everything is crystallized here, even the back and the periphery.
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 8 x 7.1 x 4.4 cm
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An amazing combination of tourmaline and apatite on a sparkling albite matrix. Individual tourmalines reach 2.8 cm, while the single pink apatite on the upper part of the specimen has 2.1 cm in length. When you turn the piece around you can see all sparkling crystallized cleavelandite on all sides which is partly covered in some yellowish mica. The tourmalines stand out from that matrix and show a very strong contrast. The dark, almost black body switches to a gemmy blue at the terminations. The single apatite is lustrous and translucent and well terminated as well. All in all this piece is in very good condition. Two of the smaller tourmalines are broken but that is hardly visible.
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 7.9 x 7.2 x 4.1 cm
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This fine quartz phantom from recent finds near the City of Hyderabad impresses with its extraordinarily brilliant shine!
The piece shows an almost two-dimensional arrangement of crystals which makes the outline stand out particularly well.
The entire front shines with high-gloss crystal surfaces. Along the upper ridge, the glassy quartz crystals stand out and show distinctive purple hematite phantoms inside.
The condition is very good but not quite perfect. A damage can be seen at the bottom left. However, the main crystals show only tiny abrasions and are otherwise complete.
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A very interesting and appealing specimen is this wonderful magnetite from Imilchil, Morocco. The piece has a rich number of magnetites up to 1,5 cm on edge. The matrix is basically a mix of orthoclase and limonite, which makes for a beautiful contrast to the metallic black magnetite. The condition here is extremely well and the aesthetics is highly appealing! The crystals are sharp, lustrous and well shaped.