International Minerals
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.3 x 6.1 x 3.6 cm
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This is a brilliant aquamarine crystal on a feldspar matrix that shows overall fantastic aesthetics and quality! The crystal is completely limpid from bottom to top. It’s lustrous, sharp, flawless and has a stunningly complex termination! The color is a light but distinctive blue that evenly fills the 4 cm crystal! The single aquamarine is set on a white feldspar, acompanied by some mica, schorl and smaller feldspar crystals at the base. Quality and aesthetics at this aquamarine specimen are absolutely wonderful in person!
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada
Size: 8.1 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm
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A sparkling masterpiece of brilliant vesuvianite from the famous Jeffrey Quarry which produced so many of those fantastic specimens until it was finally closed down in 2002. The crystals are of gemmy quality, sharp and show a beautiful combination of apple green and purple. A lot of the crystals are doubly terminated, show superb luster and rich open colors. The color combination and composition of this piece are absolutely superb and overwhelmingly attractive. Highest quality meets a striking outline and 360° of perfection!
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.6 x 3.7 x 3 cm
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Two short prismatic and highly lustrous vesuvianite crystals are perched on a rust brown matrix. The vesuvianite is sharp and of dark brown color that is hard to illuminate but shows some gemmy patches along the surface! Associated with the vesuvianite is some sparkling feldspar and small vesuvianite side-crystals. The aesthetics of this piece is definitely striking and extremely well developed. All crystals are in perfect condition and beautiful in their own mysterious and elegant way!
Fazenda do Centro, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Size: 10.9 x 7.2 x 4 cm
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This topaz from the important one-time find in Fazenda do Centro has a very special shape! It has a very deep natural gap right in the middle without getting too fragile. The backside is completely flat which means there was another crystal which either detached or dissolved. Shape, quality and condition are extremely good on this fine topaz as you easily can see in our video!
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru
Size: 10.9 x 9 x 6 cm
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Most pyrite specimens are relatively uniform with similar crystal sizes and habits. This piece on the other hand is something very special! Atop this cluster of pyrite and quartz stands a single, around 6.5 cm large pyrite that strikes with size, brilliance and unusual development alike! The predominant crystal form on this piece is the dodecahedral pyrite, modified in many ways. The main crystal is much more elongated and contorted which makes it intriguingly appealing! All in all this is a floater without any noteworthy issues and of exceptional aesthetics!
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The color, the brilliance, the shape. All fits together on this marvelous tourmaline specimen! Especially the green upper half strikes with super-gemmy quality that concludes in a fascinating polyhedral termination! Smaller side-crystals and some white feldspar at the back add some more flavor to the tourmaline and make it a visually appealing specimen of very individual character. Best quality and condition!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 8.9 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
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Striking colors, a sharp termination, great aesthetics and very good size all add up to this formidable specimen! The color zoning is truly exceptional with a major zone of open chrome-green that is capped by a fast shift to blue, white and pink at the tip. The termination is rather impressive, a sharp figure of good luster that very well shows the pink color. The backside carries a mix of smaller tourmalines and feldspar, all perfect, sparkling and 3-dimiensional. Most beautiful about his rock is surely the front face which has best luster, nice striations up to the top and gives great insight into the open colored, gemmy crystal. The condition is near perfect with only a minimal, completely invisible restoration along the termination.
Calumet Mine, Calumet, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Size: 6.7 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
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This is classic silver on a heavy calcite/silver matrix from the copper mining at Calumet. The silver “leaf” stands out around 4 cm upon the matrix and shows a very shiny broad surface with a nice sparkly luster. There is nothing damaged or otherwise impaired here.
The whole specimen is utterly appealing for its classy elegance!
Ex Andre Labeye collection in Lyon, France.
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 10.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
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It's that kind of intensive colors packed in a glassy elongated crystal that everyone is looking for in high class tourmalines! The color ranges from intensive grass green over a blueish white zone up to maximum cherry red towards the termination. Absolutely gorgeous in person! The interior is glassy from bottom to top with only very little internal cracks. Aside from one repair in the middle section the crystal is complete and flawless! Size, color and quality make this a fantastic tourmaline specimen of great visual impact!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 4.7 x 3 x 3 cm
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A single tourmaline crystal from the Ampanivana pegmatite that shows nice strawberry red color at direct backlight illumination! The crystal is flawless with a richness of details: nice surface structure, white spots of associated albite, attached side-crystals and a modified flat termination. There are some contacts but everything is re-crystallized and not broken.
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
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This single crystal tourmaline from a new find at the Aricanga mine impresses with beautiful colors and a sharp pointed termination! The colors range from raspberry red to white, green and a golden amber towards the termination. The crystal is flawless and not repaired!
Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
Size: 9 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
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Sharp bright blue azurites are accompanied by shiny green malachite which makes for a fantastic color contrast! The crystals are all in perfect condition and of high end quality! Superb luster, strong color and perfectly sharp developed crystals! A perfect exemplar from this uncommon site in Laos!