Recently Handled Minerals

A group of well shaped, lustrous and gemmy titanites. It shows an uncommonly flat twinned habit and a very pleasing green color. Smaller crystals attached on the side highlight the predominatnt position of the main crystal. No significant damages.

The two main crystals are 44 and 36mm across, they are exposed and show very good translucency. The photo was done with just minor backlight to show the dark green center and the purple zonings along all edges. No significant damages to report.

Spheres of dark green Malachite are almost completely covered with yellow Pyromorphite crystals. They are highly lustrous and all sharp terminated. Rare material and hard to obtain in our days.

Fantastic thumbnail sized specimen from an old and now classic Chinese find. The crystals are sharp and in perfect condition, and the colour is truly bright and pure, as good as the best found. Awesome piece!

A stunning, gemmy miniature rubellite attached to matrix from the world famous Cruzeiro mine. The specimen is indeed a very elegant miniature.

Awesome rubellite crystal standing free and upright on white feldspar matrix. From a very small and limeted pocket found in 2015. The crystal is undamaged and measures 2.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm. The photos show studio light setup and colour in daylight. Superb aesthetics!

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.