International Minerals #20

Azurite developed massive large crystals up to 30mm across! They show very interesting modifications, amazing texture and royal blue color. All faces are highly lustrous and the contrast to light grey matrix helps to give a great visual impact to this amazing piece. No significant damages to report. Ex Maucher and ex Anton Berger collection, his label is coming with the piece.

A freestanding water-clear twinned crystal (var. Japan-law twin) attractively perched on tiny quartz crystals. This twin is sharp terminated and very glossy, the assemble is very aesthetic! No significant damages to report.

The crystal shows a very elegant, elongated sharp habit. It is super clear along the edges. The core is a very deep purple, and there are also some intense smokey zones. Nice water-bubble inclusions. A gorgeous piece in best quality, no damage.

The crystal shows a pyramidal end-point and sharp termination. It is highly lustrous all around. Clarity and translucency are exceptional for Malkhan and the color is very uncommon, too. The lower third shows a yellow-brown color, the middle is lighter and shows less saturation, the upper third appears in dark pink, nearly red color.

The specimen shows a very 3-dimensional floater, in perfect condition all around. The exposed part is nearly like a sphere. This well formed cluster consists of uncountable, sharp termianted little faces - all of them super lustrous. The piece is very clear and transparent, much more than shown on my picture. The colour is a very pleasing sea-green. No significant damages to report and significantly better in person.

The highly lustrous, sharp terminated andradite crystal is 13mm across. It shows great contrast to tiny sparkling epidote crystal in olive-green colour. The assemble couldn´t be more aesthetic.

A sharp termianted and water-clear smoky quartz with dark green and intense pink inter grown tourmaline crystals at the base. A very aesthetic assemble! No significant damages to rport, bottom was extracted from the rock.

A crazy assemble of intergrown, sharp terminated white calcite crystals, partly coated with iridiscent micro crystals of pyrite. Looks great in various positions. The 3-dimensional assemble is better in person.

Superb bi-colour specimen from recent finds!

Sharp terminated, glossy, candy pink smithsonite crystals attractively set on grey matrix. Contrast is really nice, the piece is really a very fine sample from Tsumeb. No significant damages to report.

The dioptase crystals are up to 8mm across. They are all sharp terminated, gemmy and highly lustrous - they represent the very best quality for the mineral! All crystals are scattered all over the specimen, some isolated or in small groups. The contrast to snowy white, glossy calcite crystals is really very eye-catching! No significant damages to report.

Parallel inter-grown crystals with pyramidal end-points give this "V"-formed shape to the specimen. The crystals are very translucent, they show blue green color with tones of nearly yellow along the end-points. Complete and lustrous all around, only bottom was extracted from the rock. This very unique habit makes the specimen stand out the crowd!