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Gorgeous spray of clear and lustrous calcite crystals. A wonderful specimen of the old classic style!

 

Totally gemmy and highly lustrous fluorite twins scattered on a typically brownish matrix. Great quality from the old finds. There are no flaws inside the crystals, they are clear and sharp throughout! Stunning daylight fluorescence, the piece shows an intense and very beautiful emerald green in artificial light.

 

Clear and highly lustrous fluorite cubes on white calcite matrix! All of the crystals are twinned, smal galena crystals set a nice contrast. The specimen is in great condition, just the lower crystal has a slight and insignificant cleave on one corner. A superb specimen featuring isolated fluorite crystals on white calcite matrix!

 

Superb twinned gem fluorites on matrix. No damage.

 

WOW! What a classic English masterpiece! Found in the famous "Jewel Box Pocket" in Summer 2008, this piece is easily one of the very best specimens from the recent mining period at the Rogerly mine! The luster and clarity of this particular pocket is shockingly fine and still unrivaled. Three large and sharp twins rest amidst smaller fluorite and galena crystals on a cabinet sized matrix. Published in Lapis magazine several times (January 2010 issue), and in the book "Mineralienbilder" by Hilde Könighofer, page 145. The clarity is fantastic and the fluorescence in daylight is just jaw-dropping! A masterpiece by all standards! Ex Robert Brandstetter collection.

 

The main crystals are up to 31 mm on edges. They show the typical emerald green color and also a very good daylight fluorescence, which gives them nearly azurite color when exposed to daylight. The main crystals developed penetration twins, their termination is sharp, faces are partly glossy and clarity is very fine - even for Rogerley Mine. The assemble is aesthetic with exposed crystals and it shows a good contrast with minor limetsone matrix at the base.

 

The crystals are sharply terminated, very glossy and show the typical Egremont-habit. They are pointing in various directions, some of them more exposed and freestanding. Ex Anton Berger, Mödling bei Wien - his label is coming with the piece.

 

Sharp columnar calcites in a lovely and very 3-dimensional group. Very distictive Bigrigg style! Ex Anton Berger collection, his label is coming with the piece.

 

How did that locality get its name? ... to remove grass, mud and earth from the fluorite-bearing rock the miners used water in high-pressure hose. This mining method is called "hush-mining". The owner of the mine was Mister Frazer - and so the name of this famous mine was born: Frazers Hush. The locality is famous for the most crazy day-light fluorescence you can imagine, even for northern England this material stands out the crowd! The crystals show violet color, which looks like neon-purple under daylight, the particular specimen shows twinned crystals up to 18mm, all sharp terminated and highly lustrous. Just a few minor imperfections are present, but most crystals are in very fine condition.

 

This is a large and very 3-dimensional aggregate of kidney ore from a classic English locality. The botryoidal crystal cluster in the center is truly very well exposed, much better than the picture shows it, and serves aa a wonderful focal point. No damages on the entire center region of the piece. The luster is exceptionally glossy, and the colour is a lovely reddish brown. Total weight: 4.3 kg. Ex Oliver Konczer collection #558.

 

A special columnar shape with predominating scalenohedral faces towards the end points made these calcites from Bigrigg Mine famous all over the world. They became classics and rank among the best samples of the species. This particular specimen has been in the personal collection of Hilde Könighofer for many years, and she made a wonderful water-colour painting of that piece which is illustrated on page 147 of her book "Mineralienbilder". Great aesthetics and provenance! Due to an iron staining some of the crystals show a beautiful pinkish hue.