International Minerals #8

Bright vanadinite clusters on baryte matrix. No damage on any of the main crystals.

WOW! Sharp rhodochrosite crystals on needle quartz matrix, flanked by fine tetraedrite and pyrite crystals! The two main rhodochrosites measure 3.1 and 3.0 cm across and show a brilliant luster and deep colour saturation. This can easily be a centerpiece for every small cabinet sized collection - it has truly great composition and visual impact! Price on request.

Wow, what a fantastic spray of blue baryte on matrix! The Sidi Lahcen mine has in fact produced a couple thousand blue baryte specimens in last two years, but only very few great ones. This is one of the best and most aesthetic ones i have seen from the entire production!

Clear and lustrous topaz crystal featuring special etching patterns twoards the upper termination. The colour is actually a very light blueish tone, the yellow hue in the bottom section results from limonite inclusions.

Deep red vanadinites on nicely contrasting baryte crystals.

Superb bi-colour calcite featuring a great display and high balance of both gernerations.

Gemmy and lustrous demantoide crystals in a beautiful cluster on matrix. The centre group of two crystals is exceptionally bright, totally clear and also very exposed. Actually it is perched totally freestanding on the smaller crystals below. The sparkle on this specimen is indeed amazing in person, the pictures sadly fail to show the outstanding quality and compsition. Much better in person. No damage.

Undamaged rubellite crystal from an old find at Cruzeiro mine. It features nicely changing red and deep pink hues.

This is a superb floater crystal cluster, composed of doubly terminated crystals in parallel growth. The back side of the specimen looks pretty much like the front, with crystal terminations standing upright. Great shape and condition all around!

Fantastic gem rhodizite in quartz, feldspar and liddicoatite matrix. The crystal is so incredibly good, it looks almost fake, like a cut gem that is mounted on the mother rock. However, it is real! Unbelievably fine quality!

Sharp and lustrous stephanite crystal on calcite matrix. Just awesome!

Amazing stephanite crystals on pyrite, a combination i have never seen before from Freiberg. The piece is a full floater cluster and very well crystallized on all sides. There is an old label from the famous collection of Friedrich August Frenzel (1842-1902) coming with the piece, dated to 14.4.1901 and another one from Anton Berger, dated 21.9.1956. Superb European classic of great importance and historic value!