Recently Handled Minerals

Sharp and lustrous crystals to 12.5 mm on galena matrix. Great colour and condition. Super aesthetics! Ex Carl Acosta collection, his label is coming with the piece.

Exceptionally sharp and highly lustrous gold crystals, stacked on both sides of a spine. A couple quartz crystals are attached and intergrown near the base. What an amazing sample of that stunning new find!

Sharp and well-defined bismuth crystals up to 11 mm wide form a very elegant and fully complete aggregate sitting on a matrix of little quartz crystals! The rear side is actually equally fine crystalized than the front shown here, possibly even better. Hence the piece can in fact be displayed in multiple ways. Ex "Mineralien-Niederlage der Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen" collection, their label is still coming with the piece. Ex Oliver Konczer coll. #139. A great classic specimen in very aesthetic shape!

An outstanding rarity from a famosu isolated discovery, which produced only a low number of pieces.

A thick and sturdy, still fully clear smoky quartz crystal encompassed by half a dozen smaller ones. It features a very pleasing bright smoky hue, so typical of this locality. Bottom side is fully crystalized. No damage.

A fine mix of spinel twins and bent shape.

A lovely thumbnail featuring superb spinel twins on a spine. A small piece of quartz matrix is included at the base.

Superb cluster of zoned bi-colour fluorites! Sphalerites, chalcopyrites and galena crystals are partially included, and partially resting on top. The predominant cubes are distinctively stepped on all sides, a little bit of purple hue is present on the outlines. What a lovely composition! No significant damage to report.

Super sharp and super brilliant pyrrhotite crystal cluster on calcite, quartz and sphalerite. Minor galena is also present. All crystals are free of damage. Ex Oliver Konczer collection #722.

An deep blue, very colour-saturated aquamarine from more recent finds in Vietnam. The color is EXTREME, and reminds me only of a very few Jos aquamarines I have seen in the past, quite more robust than aquas from Pakistan or Brazil. This elegant, cityscape cluster of vertical crystals is complete all-around and looks great in each angle. Only a low number was found, even less were clusters like the particular piece. It is pristine and has a fancy, pyramidal termination characteristic of this discovery. No significant damages to report.

Pristine doubly-terminated epidote crystal from Skardu. The crystal shows beautiful olive green colour and is mainly clear when backlight.

A tapering and slightly curved cluster of brilliant spinel twinned gold crystals.