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International Minerals #1



OS35 - Calcite - SOLD
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 15 x 12.9 x 5.6 cm
 
very nice plate featuring several sharp crystals with duftite inclusions.

OS04 - Fluorite - SOLD
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 6.7 x 6.6 x 3.9 cm
 
A very fine 4.1 cm fluorite aggregate on nicely contrasting quartz matrix.

OS08 - Strontianite - SOLD
Oberdorf an der Laming, Steiermark, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 6 x 5 cm
 
Incredibly fine cluster of strontianite and celestite crystals! This is one of the very best strontianites ever found at the locale! Freestanding bi-colour crystals of strontianite are very rare, and these piece features several of them! Just gorgeous!

MW17 - Wulfenite - SOLD
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Size: 17.3 x 8.4 x 4.1 cm
 
 
 
This piece features an elongated matrix almost fully covered by lustrous, orange wulfenite crystals. The piece is very 3-dimensional, and almost all of the crystals are in perfect condition. Great display and visual impact!

A111 - Dioptase - SOLD
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 3.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
 
Incredibly aesthetic miniature of dioptase crystals on starkly contrasting white calcite crystals! No damage.

DV07 - Azurite - SOLD
Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Sardinia, Italy
Size: 6.8 x 5 x 5 cm
 
 
 
This azurite specimen comes from Sardinia and features deep blue and razor sharp azurite crystals to 19 mm perched on matrix! The quality is great and very uncommon for this locality. There is no damage on any of the crystals, and some malachite attached at the side provides a very nice colour contrast!

PW13 - Gold - SOLD
Verespatak, Transsylvania, Romania
Size: 10 x 8 x 3 cm
 
Gorgeous gold leaves on quartz matrix from Rosia Montana, a classic European locale. The nest of gold leaves is about 6 x 5.5 cm wide and shows great luster and very well formed individual crystals.