International Minerals #13

Superb quality indeed! Gem rubellite from a new find at Chia mine. This new find can easily compete with the famous old finds at Jonas and Cruzeito mines. The colour is strong and intense, combined with perfect "cutting rough" clarity. The termination has an interesting blue/greenish hue. No damage.

This is a very showy large cabinet sized hematite included calcite specimen, featuring a highly impressive and very 3-dimensional crystal formation! The bottom side is fully crystalized, actually the piece grew as a complete floater. It is in great condition, just one calcite side crystal on the lower left side is not fully terminated, all the others are in great condition. Calcite is admittedly quite a common species, but hard to find in this beauty and aesthetics - combined with this enormous size!

Deep orange wulfenite crystalsto 4.3 cm wide fully covering a gossan matrix. A few hundred tiny red vanadinites are scattered around and form a lovely contrast. As so typical of this locality, the wulfenites form a number of different habits, squaes and elongated shapes, thin and thick crystals, sharp and jagged. The colour varies from an intense butterscotch yellow to a truly deep and intense orange. This is probably one of the very best cabinet sized specimen from the recent finds!

This is a superb miniature featuring a wonderful adamite flower in the center of a brown gossan matrix. The colour is stong and intense, and the overall impact is just marvellous! There is no damage on the front side, just a few small spots of contact in the rear. The bottom side is sawn, however, this is not noticeable from the main display angle, and it can be improved in the lab, if desired. Indeed, this is one of the very best miniatures of this rare species i have ever seen. The crystals are so sharp and lustrous, and the composition is very well balanced. What an amazing piece!

Super brilliant pyrite crystals and sharp tetraedrites perched on quartz crystals! The piece is a floater and very well crystalized all around. Great contrast and shape!

This is a huge 46 mm rose quartz crystal with beautiful doubly-terminated sidecars climbing up on the right side. Great condition and shape!

This is an amazing cabinet sized azurite floater specimen from a classic French locality. The crystals are sharp and well formed all the way around. A part of the crystals is altered to malachite, which sets a nice colour contrast. Ex Lawrence H. Conklin collection, his label is coming with the piece.

Lovely "red cap" heliodor from a recent find in Madagascar.

Wow! A 23 mm ball of eosphorite crystals is perched on rose quartz crystals! The shape of this specimen is indeed amazing, and the condition is very good!

Black fluorite cubes to 22 mm on edge form a lovely group cluster, white calcites add a pleasing contrast. These pieces are classics today and quite hard to come by! Ex Robert Bransstetter collection, his label is coming with the specimen.

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

Lovely floater cluster of tennantite crystals. Small quartz crystals are attached on the back side. Classic Tsumeb!