This is a beautiful Colorado quartz specimen! The quartz is sharp and lustrous, with faint amethystine colour and a sceptred growth at the upper left.  In excellent condition, one small missing crystal, around to the side and out of sight as I’d display the piece. Collected by R. Stoufer, 1998. From the John S. White […]

Detailed Description An exceptional-quality specimen of amethyst with a “cactus quartz” growth habit. The second-generation crystals are large enough that they are not a sparkling druze, rather, as displayed they are visibly individual quartz crystals with nice proportion to the larger first-generation crystals. The first-generation crystals are a “starburst”-style of amethyst, with dark colour centres […]

Detailed Description This is a superb specimen, combining exceptional quality fluorite and quartz crystals. The quartz crystals are sharp, lustrous and water-clear, like Alpine quartz. Some have a flattened “tabular” habit, and others are the more classic form with relatively equal-size prism faces. The fluorite crystals are wonderful – they are light blue octahedra with […]

A large cabinet specimen from Milpillas with deep midnight-blue azurite crystals up to 2.3 cm. The main grouping of crystals is an intense hue of blue, and the crystals are sharp and highly lustrous. In excellent condition overall – most crystals are complete and free of damage. A few incomplete crystals – from the display […]

A beautiful tapered quartz crystal from the John S. White collection, mostly frosted with a secondary coating of sparkling tiny crystals. Four termination faces are mostly largely uncoated (with magnification one can see a few tiny stragglers) – very cool. In excellent condition, stands perfectly as photographed. A striking display piece. About John S. White […]

A sharp Petersen Mountain sceptre from the John S. White collection. Both components of this crystal are smoky quartz and translucent – the stem is slightly darker. In excellent condition overall, a couple of chips and contacts. Supported to stand as photographed, it displays beautifully! About John S. White (click here)  

A gorgeous grouping of clear quartz crystals from the locality now known as the Ron Coleman Mine. The principal crystals cross one another in a beautiful arrangement and there is a less prominent grouping of smaller crystals at one end as well. These crystals have top lustre and a nice little play of rainbow colour […]

This piece from the John S. White quartz collection features a superb Japan Law twin nestled among neighbouring quartz crystals. This twin is evenly-balanced, sharp, with top lustre, transparent and in excellent condition.  This is a figured specimen, photographed in Rocks & Minerals vol 87-6, p.552 (2012). A killer! About John S. White (click here) […]

An absolutely beautiful specimen of amethyst from the John S. White collection. It is comprised of amethyst “flowers”, with sharp, lustrous, well-formed crystals. In excellent condition – this is a wonderful piece! About John S. White (click here)

A magnificent specimen – three stately diverging quartz crystals. The prism faces of each crystal are comprised of a myriad of tiny parallel crystal faces. In excellent condition and stands perfectly for display as photographed. From the John S. White collection, it would be hard to design a more aesthetic piece! About John S. White

This is a gorgeous thin cut and polished slice of an amethyst crystal overgrown by a thick layer of small amethyst crystals. As you rotate the slice with light behind, the colours and hues shift – it’s almost kaleidoscopic. The crystal shows sharp sectoral zoning and includes citrine at its core. A super piece from […]

Detailed Description Slender light green quartz crystals on purple fluorite with pyrite crystals from the Shangbao Mine. The quartz crystals have multitudes of tiny parallel crystals on their surfaces, and some of them have multiple of these small crystals at their terminations, giving those a somewhat feathery-termination look. In excellent condition. The colour contrast on […]