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International Minerals #9



PV26 - Gold - SOLD
Verespatak, Transsylvania, Romania
Size: 5.7 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
 
Bright gold leaves and pyrite crystals on tiny quartz crystals. This is a very fine and typical specimen from this old, classic European locality. Note the flakes of gold that directly grew on the pyrite aggregate, just a funny detail.

LA12 - Gaudefroyite - SOLD
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
Size: 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
This is a true monster gaudefroyite crystal on calcite matrix. I have never seen such a sharp and perfect crystal of this shocking size before.

LA11 - Bastnaesite - SOLD
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Size: 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
 
Perfect deep orange bastnäsite wonderfully perched on albite matrix. What a lovely specimen of this rare species! No damage.

XY83 - Fluorite - SOLD
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 15 x 12 x 8 cm
 
Gorgeous stepped fluorites perched on milky quartz crystals!