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International Minerals #9



PM49 - Endlichite - 630€
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Size: 5.4 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
 
Superb floater cluster from an old find in 1986. The crystals are large, thick and sturdy, and show beautiful barrel-shaped form. No damage on front side.

XY41 - Tourmaline - SOLD
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 8 x 3 x 3 cm
 
Superb bi-colour tourmaline from an old brazilian find.

PM113 - Coelestine - SOLD
Machów mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
Size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm
 
 
 
A beautiful spray of irridiated coelestine on sulfur. The terminations are all pristine and undamaged. Great aesthetics!

WB08 - Inesite - SOLD
Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
Size: 6.3 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
 
Wonderful floater cluster of inesite and hubeite. No damage.

PM59 - Silver - SOLD
Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Size: 6 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
 
Excellent half-breed in small cabinet size! The silver on this specimen shows very sharp crystals, it is very bright and shiny! The copper has a typical brownish patina and serves as a beautiful matrix for the silver crystals on top. Both species are very well balanced. Eye-candy, and indeed superb quality!

R47 - Smithsonite - SOLD
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 11.3 x 6.8 x 5.1 cm
 
Sparkling smithsonites on dark galena ore matrix.

PM91 - Apatite with Quartz - SOLD
Greifenstein, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size: 8.3 x 6.9 x 2.5 cm
 
 
 
Purple apatites to 13 mm across richly covering a quartz matrix! Specimens like this are incredibly rare and hard to obtain today. This is a very scarce opportunity to get an excellent sample from this classic and obviously defunct locality! Minor damage is present on a few crystals, but it is small and still acceptable in context. Ex Dipl.-Ing. W. Maucher (Munich) and Dipl.-Ing. Karl Kontrus (Vienna) collections, both labels are still coming with the specimen.

AU14 - Emerald - SOLD
Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria
Size: 6.9 x 1.6 x 1 cm
 
WOW!!! What a fabulous emeral crystal! Superb clarity and colour combined with excellent luster and gorgeous shape. What a masterpiece creation of mother nature! Definitely one of the very best emeralds ever found at the locality.

A290 - Euclase - SOLD
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 2.3 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
 
What a fantastic blue euclase! Sharp edges and great colour make this a truly outstanding and desirable gem crystal!

PM25 - Silver - SOLD
Batopilas, Adres del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm
 
Well formed silver cubes on calcite matrix, indeed a rarity from this Mexican locality!

PM06 - Wulfenite - SOLD
Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size: 4.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
 
Superb miniature featuring sharp and glossy crystals on a floater specimen. Very sculptural piece, great condition all around!

A325 - Fluorite - SOLD
Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 12 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
 
WOW! What a fantastic fluorite specimen from Hohenstein, Erongo! The colour glowed deep as an emerald, the size and composition of this wonderful crystal aggregate are just mind-blowing! This is indeed one of the very best green fluorites I have ever seen from any locality in the world.