International Minerals #29

A great example of a liddiocaite crystal from Madagascar, gradually descending from a bright pink coloration of the uppor portion of the crystal through light greenish gray to dark green closer to the base of the crystal.

A perfect dark gray to almost black miniature cluster of well defined interconnected acanthite crystals. The specimen is very 3-dimensional and displays well all the way around. Ex Oliver Konczer coll.

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

A rich cluster of Hungarian copper coated with secondary copper minerals exhibiting green coloration of the surface. The copper is nicely contrasting with its host rock. A very nice addition to a collection of native copper or Hungarian minerals.

A great example of a Russian emerald featuring dark green crystals embedded in shist. The Russian emeralds have a significant historical importance and are among the most valuable minerals found in the Urals. Due to complications associated with export Russian minerals are becoming more difficult to obtain. This is especially the case with Russian gemstones which are predicted to become rarer on the market in the future. Ex Alfred Haas coll.

A true and absolutely thought-after European classic. A cluster of bright pink rhodochrosite crystals with an overgrowth of sparkly white quartz points. This specimen is a typical example of what made Romanian minerals so attractive to the collectors and what brought up the fame of the Cavnic mine itself. Ex Alfred Haas coll.

A rich cluster of silver wires perfectly balancing like an orchestrated dance scene. The individual sharp silver wires have a clean surface and strong metallic luster. A perfect Mexican silver miniature.

A sharp, stunning azurite crystal protruding out of a contrasting matrix. The aesthetics of this Moroccan azurite is simply phenomenal! Ex Alfred Haas coll.

"The sausage dog" made of a classical, German pyromorphite from Bad Ems. The light orange-brown pyromorphite crystals are scattered throughout the matrix where near the center of balance they create more defined radial clusters. Ex Alfred Haas coll.

An absolute classic from Tennessee! Gemmy bluish-purple fluorite cubes resting on black metallic sphalerite from Elmwood Mine. The specimen is very well balanced and highly 3-dimensional. As a bonus, the fluorite crystals are more bluish than the more frequent purple ones.

A sharp teel blue apatite crystal with several smaller crystals neatly imbedded in matrix, originating from Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ex Alfred Haas coll.

A beautiful bicolor pyromorphite featuring crystals combining of bright yellow and greenish-gray coloration, from the classic French locality of Les Farges. Ex Hilde Könighofer coll.