International Minerals #16

Superb gem aquamarine from an African source, featuring an amazing phantom! The termination shows 6-sided bevels and is in pristine and undamaged condition.

This is a superb bicolour tourmaline from an old Brazilian find. The green colour is strong and intense, and it has a strong blueish accent. The edges show the usual tiny edge wear, which is barely visible and insignificant.

Deep green and sturdy pyromorphite crystals covering a quartz matrix. No damage.

Large bicolout tourmaline in perfect condition. A small microlite is attached near the base.

Amazing blue barite flower on calcite and limonite matrix! The crystal cluster is in superb condition and well crystalized all around!

Deep purple fluorite cubes and a beautiful calcite crystal perched on a well crystalized sphalerite matrix! Tiny and insignificant edge wear on only one of the crystal edges. What fabulous aesthetics, and great visual impact!

Exceptionally lage wulfenite crystals perched on limonite and mottramite matrix! The biggest crystal measures 2.9 x 2.6 cm and is fully undamaged. One of the very finest pieces from a small new pocked uncovered in summer 2016!

Great pair of deep red rubellites, from the new pocket found at Sahatana valley.

Superb deep red rubellite crystals in a very fine cluster. The terminations are all perfect, there is one repair, along the contact faces of the two large crystals. Gorgeous quality, only very few rubellite pockets have ever reached this amazing colour!

Clear twinned selenite crystals on a floater ball of first generation crystals. Just lovely! No damage.

Elongated prase quartz crystals with small balls of magnetite ps. hematite attached at the base. No damage.

What a wonderfol large cabinet sized specimen from the famous Elmwood mining district! Three large golden calcite crystals are perched on a nicely contrasting barite, fluorite and sphalerite matrix. Remarkably for this size, the piece is in perfect condition all around!