Recently Handled Minerals

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.

Amazing gold crystals on a curved aggregate!

Lovely sandwich wulfenites up to 1.7 cm on edge from a classic find at the Ahumada mine, Mexico. The matrix is formed by drusy calcite and descloizite. Ex Anton Berger and Oliver Konczer collections.

A wonderful 6 cm botryoidal calcite aggregate on nicely contrasting dolomite matrix. Very 3-dimensional and complete on the sides. No damage. Ex Oliver Konczer collection.

A floater aggregate of doubly terminated, scalenohedral calcites is covered by beautiful, orange orpiment crystals on one side. The back side shows colourless, lustrous and translucent calcite crystals. No damage all the way around, ex Oliver Konczer collection #919.

What a stunning floater cluster of 2 generations of goethite crystals! The specimen is complete all around and very showy from multiple angles. My preferred angle is actually the exact opposite side of this wonderful picture taken by Albert Russ. Great aesthetics, no damage. Ex Oliver Konczer collection.

A thick, bent gold specimen featuring beautiful spinel twinned crystals on the front side.