Tsumeb Mine – Namibia (Excellent Condition

5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Large Hessonite crystals with adamantine luster. Color is reddish-orange to brown. Largest Hessonite crystal is 4-cm long. Another is 2.7-cm. Minor Vesuvianite (green) in matrix.

Double-terminated, Scalenohedral Rhodochrosite from Uchucchacua Mine, Peru

Very pretty and showy gem lustrous red scalenohedral crystals of rhodochrosite are set on matrix. The largest rhodochrosite crystal is double-terminated and measures 17 mm in length. Excellent cherry-red color. Glassy to Vitreous luster.

Specular Hematite crystals on Quartz

A neat sample of Shattuckite from Kandesi in the Kaokoveld Plateau of Namibia.

Quartz Pseudo (Possibly Barite)

Keystone Claim / San Juan County, Colorado 

Perfect Specimen 7 x 6 x 2.5 cm / Large crystal 2.9 x 1 x .3 cm

Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Gems and Minerals 

A nice combination specimen from Pakistan of Apatite, Muscovite, & Albite.

Tsumeb Mine – Otjikoto Region Namibia

Spectacular crystals 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.5 cm

A rare iron phosphate mineral, Strengite, from Arkansas. 

Rhodochrosite with Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite combination, Peru

Translucent, Reddish-Pink Rhodochrosite crystals scattered over dozens of terminated Quartz crystals. Rhodochrosite with minor Pyrite and Sphalerite on the bottom. The Rhodochrosite habit is bladed. Vitreous luster.

Location: Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru

Size: 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.8 inches

This piece glitters! Stunning color contrast of green Siderite “Blades” with brassy iridescent Chalcopyrite, whitish Calcite, and gray Tetrahedrite crystals in this specimen. The green blades of Siderite in this piece are very rare! Several of the Siderite blades are at least 0.5 inch long. The Calcite crystals are flattened and translucent. The luster of the Siderite is vitreous while the Chalcopyrite and Tetrahedrite have a brilliant metallic luster.