International Minerals #31

Rare Tourmaline from this more uncommon locality. The crystals show strong pink color, excellent luster and sharp termination. The contrast is very nice, the crystals are exposed and undamaged.

We all know this locality, which is famous for excellent Scheelite. But even among the quantity of specimens from Xuebaoding this one stands out for luster and incredible concentration of color. Great contrast with Muscovite and well balanced. Pure aesthetics on highest quality!

For years and decades Bolivia set it´s own standards for Vivianite - but this unique discovery in Romania beats all - crystal size, luster, texture and most intense color are better. This was a discovery of the century. In such an old ming area, explored since centuries - and then something completely new, never seen before material came out. This crystal unify all these rearkable indicators. Clear like glass, crazy color, wonderful structure on all faces and mirror-like luster.

So many specimen from Berbes are only complete at one side. Not so here - this is a free-standing complete crystal in finest quality. High transparency in union with best luster and dark purple color with numerous razor sharp zonings along the edges. Great contrast with matrix and very aesthetic!

A huge, razor-sharp crystal attractively set on small matrix. The crystal is double terminated and complete all around. All faces show this wonderful luster and inside the crystal you can see wonderful phantoms. A very eye-catching specimen in fine quality. No significant damages to report.

A huge Fluorite - up to 45 mm on edges - attractively set on highly lustrous Sphalerite. The Fluorite shows fristed faces with uncountable tiny steps and this typical texture. It shows light lavender color, the contrast to Sphalerite is very eye-catching.

The Limonite matrix shows a great contrast to neon green-yellow Adamite crystals. They all show perfect luster and consist of uncountable tiny stepped faces. This color with a more strong amount of green is much more uncommon than the well known yellow Adamite samples from Ojuela.

This complete crystal is even set on small matrix - the important indicator is this incredible dimension. Of highest relevance for this rare mineral world-wide.