Recently Handled Minerals

What a true monster specimen! Huge pink calcite rhombs were covered by white kutnahorite, and finally another generation of pink calcite blades formed as a last layer on top. A fantastic large cabinet sized specimen, very rare from the Greek locality Madem Lakkos.

The crystal is sharp terminated and very glossy - it is about 25mm across and shows an intense dark green color. Great contrast and very aesthetic assemble!

Lovely bi-colour piece from recent finds!

10 mm sartorite crystal on white marble and pyrite host rock. From a classic Swiss locality! No damage.

Wow! What an amazing red calcite from Tonglushan! Large twinned and doubly terminated crystals are perched on a very attractive matrix formed by smaller stalactite calcite crystals. The orange-red hematite inclusions make this a colourful and truly outstanding specimen! Great condition, and striking aesthetics!

What a beautiful fluorite floater cluster featuring lovely beelled faces and crazy growth patterns on all sides. Great 3-dimensional shape, no damage.

A perfect 22 mm schwazite crystal on quartz and baryte matrix. An old label placed on the bottom side of the piece indicates that it was found in 1894. The large crystal is free of damage.

Boleite crystals and minor atacamite on gypsum matrix! The boleites reach a size of 6 mm on edge. Unlike most boleite specimens from this locality the matrix is solid throughout, and the boleites are well attached. No repair, no stabilization.

Very showy large cabinet sized specimen featuring stepped cubic fluorites on quartz that covered a first generation of big octahedral fluorites. The most interesting point about this piece is the fact that the second generation of fluorite grew perfectly orientated on the first generation, although the quartz layer is in between the two generations of fluorite. What an amazing piece of mother nature!

Large dolomite ball, 9.3 cm in diameter, perched on quartz matrix.

Beautiful amethyst/smoky sceptre in perfect condition. The typical fensters are very well formed.

This is a wonderful large cabinet sized combination specimen from Trepca. It has a high balance of the predominating pyrite and sphalerite clusters sitting on the nicely contrasting quartz matrix. A very showy specimen in great condition!