Detailed Description This is a wonderful specimen – top colour, top lustre, top quality (pristine!).  In addition to the amethyst balls it also hosts a few pale to colourless quartz crystals in slender subparallel aggregates, some in a habit similar to stilbite “wheat sheafs”. A super piece – as good as they get in this […]

Detailed Description A gorgeous, and different specimen of amethyst balls from Mamuju. This piece is a floater with no point of attachment, but it is not a grouping of loose balls – rather, it is like a curtain of balls, very 3-D, associated with transparent colourless “wheat-sheaf-like” quartz groupings. This piece is top colour, top […]

Detailed Description A one-of-a-kind specimen from Mamuju, with many beautiful pale purple to colourless quartz crystals in slender subparallel aggregates, some in a habit similar to stilbite “wheat sheafs”. The purple amethyst balls are not simply under these pale crystals and groups, some are under, some together with, and some on top of them. The […]

Detailed Description This is a beautiful grouping of amethyst balls with top colour and sparkle. In excellent condition – minor contacts where balls are missing but these are not obvious as displayed. Stands perfectly for display as photographed – a super specimen! About These Indonesian “Grape Amethyst” Specimens Originally referred to as “grape agate”, specimens […]

Detailed Description A cabinet specimen of grape amethyst with good colour.  There are also beautiful pale to colourless quartz crystals in slender subparallel aggregates, some in a habit similar to stilbite “wheat sheafs” – they look great with magnification. In very good condition overall, a few missing/incomplete balls at the periphery.  Looks great supported to […]

Detailed Description This is a wonderful grape amethyst specimen – great colour, nice sparkle, and stands perfectly for display as photographed. In excellent condition, minor incomplete balls at the base and a couple of other contacts. A very high-quality, classy specimen from Mamuju. About These Indonesian “Grape Amethyst” Specimens Originally referred to as “grape agate”, […]

Detailed Description A beautiful cabinet specimen of grape amethyst – great colour, great sparkle, great quality! In excellent condition – minor incomplete balls at the bottom periphery and one contact low on the piece – this is superb for the overall size of this one! Looks great under the display lights! About These Indonesian “Grape […]

Detailed Description A top-calibre specimen of amethyst balls from Mamuju – great colour, sparkle and quality! In excellent condition, minor contacts/incomplete balls at the periphery and on the backside of the piece. Looks great mounted and displayed vertically as photographed. I might actually slightly prefer the more edge-on orientation similar to the second photo (very […]

Detailed Description This is a great cabinet specimen of grape amethyst! Excellent colour, silky-sparkle, and quality – in amazing condition (very few peripheral incomplete balls at either end, just remarkable condition for its size.) A wonderful display piece! About These Indonesian “Grape Amethyst” Specimens Originally referred to as “grape agate”, specimens were first found in […]

Detailed Description A one-of-a-kind specimen of Mamuju amethyst. This specimen is so 3-D, with wonderful translucence. It has varying colours and hues, with greenish celadonite inclusions in places. It also has varying lustre, with some bright sparkle and some more subtle glow as well. In excellent condition – a tiny contact. This is a top […]

Silver-coloured botryoidal arsenic from the classic occurrence in the prolific historic mining district of  Pribram. At the edges, of the specimen, one can see the concentric growth pattern of the arsenic. The accompanying label suggests the possible presence of stibarsen (a mineral which is an alloy of arsenic and antimony) with the arsenic. (Although there […]

A gorgeous bright galena from Germany, featuring highly lustrous cuboctahedral crystals. The largest crystal measures 2 cm, which is large for this locality. Some crystal faces exhibit slight curvature. Usually the still photos are the most accurate sense of a specimen on this website, but this one really comes through in the video, as it’s […]