Worldwide minerals
Galena and Sphalerite - sold
Turt Mine, Satu Mare, Romania
Size: 120 x 80 x 70 mm
Cluster of galena cuboctahedra overgrown by tiny sphalerites. Interesting contrast of color tones, crystal shapes and size ratio.
22-001 - Rutilated Quartz - 60 €
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Size: 65 x 45 x 35 mm
Clear rock crystal with rich inclusions of golden rutile needles, main tip slightly chipped and some dings at the bottom.
20-011 - Marcasite - 280 €
Zeche Friedrich der Grosse (historic black coal underground mine), Herne, Ruhrgebiet, Germany
Size: 9 x 5 x 4 cm
A cleft on the 6. level opened in the late 1950's produced what is considered the best Marcasite specimen in the history of Ruhr underground mining.
Chalcopyrite, Quartz and Dolomite - sold
Baia Sprie, Maramureș Co., Romania
Size: 9.5 x 7 x 6 cm
Nicely balanced assembly of a chalcopyrite cluster next to a compact quartz crystal of similar size. The quartz exhibits the sprouting growth pattern typical for the locale. Some yellowish dolomite crystals are scattered over the specimen. There is slight edge wear at the tip of the quartz crystal.
Doubly-terminated anatase crystal on doubly-terminated quartz floater with green chlorite inclusions. Perfect aesthetics and condition.
Flawless floater of three brilliant Herkimer diamonds.
Elbaite with Lepidolite and Albite - sold
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm
Rose colored elbaite crystal with a light green zone below the termination, translucent and lustrous, with a group of lepidolite crystals and albite. The elbaite has a length of 33 mm.
Fluorite on Sphalerite - sold
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Size: 13 x 10.5 x 8.5 cm
Translucent, rose fluorite cubes with parqueted surface structures on sphalerites. The main crystal measures 3.5 cm on edge.
Quartz (Japan-law twin) with Pyrite and Sphalerite - sold
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
Size: 14.5 x 11 x 7.5 cm
A massy piece of limestone matrix totally covered by needle quartz crystals, pyrite cubes and sphalerite. A Japan-law twin with leg length of 3 cm is prominently grown on the quartz needles. The size of the pyrites reaches 1 cm per edge. Some contacts among the quartz needles.
Doubly-terminated amethyst crystals of intense color saturation on brownish calcite crystals.