Treasure Trove

This is a fantastic "half-wing" crystal from the best pocket ever found at the locale. The deep amber colour and the shape are unique to this find.

Deep red, sharp and lustrous proustite crystals from a classic german locality! This outstanding specimen features several individual proustite crystals in an amazing floater aggregate. Very rare and eye-candy!

WOW! What a large and fantastic cerussite crystal from Tsumeb! Transparency like glass, lustre like a mirror and a form like a skyscraper! Incredible features and hard to find in any mineral species. This cerussite has all of them. The crystal is so rich in forms and faces, it is truly amazing! The pointed termination atop contrasts with a bevelled flat termination on a side crystal and some twinned crystals poking out on the right side. Just wonderful - one of the very best and most impressive cerussite crystals i have ever seen from any locality in the world.

What an amazing sample of richly pink cobaltoan smithsonite! A vug in galena and tetrahedrite ore is filled with sharp and well modified smithsonite crystals of altering size. A 20mm wide crystal is placed right in the centre of the piece and gives it a clear focal point of interest. Smaller crystals around form a pleasing contrast and make a nice balance. No damage to all crystals in the vug.

Gorgeous twinned cerussite crystals featuring phantoms and a negative crystal with water bubble inclusion!

This is an excellent specimen form a classic European locale. Several well terminated crystals up to 1.3 cm in size are sitting on the upperedge of a white calcite matrix. The crystals have been well preserved from natural daylight and still glow fiercely red when backlight!Found in 1864 (according to an old label coming with the specimen), the piece has been in several well-known collections thereafter! Ex collections Wüster, F.H. Pough, L.H. Conklin, M. Baumstark collections.

This is one of the most beautiful English clacites I have ever seen! Several crystals in diverging growth form a calcite specimen of breathtaking aesthetics. All of the crystals are highly lustrous and transparent, and tiny hematite inclusions add a splendid reddish-pink hue. Ex U. Burchard and Walter Knobloch collections.

Gorgeous silver wires on calcite matrix! Minor fluorite and acanthite is present in places. The piece has incredible aesthetics and great visual impact!

Very sharp and nicely isolated benitoite crystals on natrolite matrix. Ex Steve Smale collection.

Well crystallized gold on quartz matrix.

A wonderful spray of perfect crocoite crystals perched on a nicely contrasting matrix! One of the very best pieces from the recent finds.

What a huge and well formed crystal of milticoloured liddicoatite! Indeed, the quality combined with the size is truly amazing!