International Minerals #34

A beautiful thumbnail quartz combining japan law twin structure and scepter termination where the scepter part is gemmy amethyst with phantom features. From a recent limited find in Marovoalavo Mine, Madagascar.

An unusual cluster of three connected light pink tourmaline crystals with green-yellow assents in several zones. From a classic Asian locality of Paprok, Afghanistan.

A cute miniature etched light-yellow heliodor crystal from the famous locality of Volodarsk-Volynskyi, Ukraine. The gem crystal is intact and can be displayed from all sides.

An outstanding small cabined specimen featuring a dominating crust of opaque azurite crystals combined with malachite. A striking example of the copper-bearing species from Touissit, Morocco.

Most tourmaline crystals available on the market are single crystals. Many matrix pieces are really dominating tourmaline crystals with quartz or mica attached on a side. It is not very common to find an aesthetic specimen featuring a sharp tourmaline crystal of good color nicely contrasting with the white matrix like in case of this particular specimen.

A relatively large, complete sapphire crystal with transparent zones and pleasant tones of yellow and orange. The crystal structure is sharp with multiple striation faces. From perhaps the most famous sapphire locality, which can be considered a classic one- Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.

A classic single fluorite crystal from Erongo featuring typical color zoning with more colorless area near the surface and dark green phantom in the crystal core, partially copying the surface structure.

A perfectly perched complex ruby crystal on marble from Vietnam. The bright red ruby crystal is about 3.5 cm tall and is translucent.

A lovely, highly lustrous botryoidal smithsonite cluster. The small cabinet specimen is of pleasant light green-blue coloration and could be a nice addition to any Mexican suite. There is a small contact in the backside.

A remarkable and rather unusual quartz cluster resembling a sculpture with a deep red transparent to translucent rubellite crystal attached to the middle section pointing like an arrow. A miniature aesthetic specimen from a classic Russian Locality of Malkhan.

A neat transparent to translucent rubellite crystal from Cruzeiro mine, Brazil. The mine is very well known for some of the World's most red and finest rubellite crystals.

A beautiful translucent cluster of dark green crystals with sharp terminations from a classic locality of Serifos, Greece. In recent times quality Serifos quartz is becoming more and more rare and difficult to obtain, especially intact mid-size specimens. Serifos Island is a World famous locality for some of the finest green quartz specimens and the fact that there is a ban on collecting with potential severe consequences, the relatively few fine specimens are usually those which resurface from old collections.