Detailed Description Beautiful specimen of deeply-coloured lustrous vanadinite crystals up to 1 cm. About these Vanadinites and the ACF Mine Workings These are top quality miniature specimens of vanadinite crystals from the Mibladen Mining District, the source of the world’s best vanadinite. They are from one of the main localities for the vanadinite specimens, known […]

Detailed Description Excellent miniature of vanadinite with brilliant crystals up to 1 cm. About these Vanadinites and the ACF Mine Workings These are top quality miniature specimens of vanadinite crystals from the Mibladen Mining District, the source of the world’s best vanadinite. They are from one of the main localities for the vanadinite specimens, known […]

This specimen features uvite tourmaline crystals to 1.2 cm on magnesite with crandallite. The uvite crystals are sharp, lustrous and glassy. They are in excellent condition – no damage. Mounted on a stand to show the main uvite head-on (as in the first two photo) the superb main uvite crystal has a dark purple hue, contrasting […]

This specimen features a number of uvite crystals to 1.2 cm in association with colourless magnesite crystals. The uvite crystals are sharp, lustrous, glassy and translucent, in excellent condition with no damage (one small uvite has a contact you can find with magnification). Some of the small crystals have good transparency. The 0.8 cm crystal […]

This specimen (5.4 cm tall) features uvite tourmaline crystals to 1 cm in association with magnesite crystals. The uvite crystals are sharp, lustrous, glassy and translucent. They are in excellent condition – no damage. This specimen also hosts many very fine magnesite crystals, mostly on the far side of the specimen from the uvites, but nicely […]

This is a sharp, slender tremolite crystal with lustrous, striated prism faces. The crystal is a contact twin. In excellent condition, no damage. Ex Cal Graeber. An interesting side note – a specimen on display at the Smithsonian Institution (labelled simply “Tanzania”) seems as though it is likely from the same occurrence. A very fine […]

This is a super specimen of doubly-terminated topaz on matrix. A parallel growth, the topaz is water-clear, sharp and lustrous. In absolutely pristine condition. This piece is from the collection of discerning Belgian collector Antoine Barthelemy. This one is a beautiful little jewel. Browse more Specimens from Pakistan (click here) Browse more Specimens from this […]

Detailed Description This thumbnail-sized piece features a sharp 2.5 cm titanite crystal perched on a skeletal scapolite crystal. The titanite is complete all-around, with some cool skeletal-type hollows. The titanite is in excellent condition, a couple of tiny nicks visible upon close inspection. A fine specimen! About These Titanites Titanite is among the most highly-prized […]

Detailed Description A razor-sharp titanite is perched on a scapolite crystal section. (The scapolites at this locality are often highly skeletal growth or incomplete crystal sections.) The titanite is sharp, lustrous and pristine. Excellent! About These Titanites Titanite is among the most highly-prized minerals in the Bancroft Area and other regions of the Grenville Province. […]

Detailed Description This is a razor-sharp titanite crystal 4.3 cm tall, standing up against a scapolite crystal section. (The scapolites from this locality are often poorly formed and incomplete.)  The titanite is completely crystallized all-around, but not completely formed. The piece is in excellent condition, there is no damage to the titanite (at the back, […]

Detailed Description This piece features a 3.2 cm dark brown, razor-sharp titanite accompanied by dark green diopside crystals. The titanite is pristine as displayed (the back/underside is contacted where it was removed from the rock). The specimen stands on its own as in the second photo, but I feel it looks particularly elegant as oriented […]

Detailed Description This is the one specimen in the lot from another locality, the famous Bear Lake. I collected this piece in 1988. It is sharp, with absolute top lustre for Grenville titanite. under strong light one can easily see the internal deep brown colour. An additional unusual feature of this piece is the micro-thin […]