This smoky coloured crystal is pristine, transparent through the upper middle section, with glassy faces – and it has the limestone inclusions and intergrowth common with the crystals from this find. However… what makes this one so special is the phantom growth inside. It is a killer phantom specimen! The main phantom is very easy […]

Very aesthetic cluster of Colorado quartz crystals from the Ernie and Vera Schlichter collection. The main row of crystals stands in a line like a wall, and the specimen stands nicely on its own for display. The largest crystal measures 6.1 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm. A fine quality specimen (obviously if it was in […]

Beautiful miniature specimen featuring four principal gemmy cerussite crystals. The crystals are pristine and show wonderful twinning. There are delicate cream-coloured bladed crystals of barite in association and the matrix is galena. The largest cerussite crystal is 1.8 cm. I was very happy to acquire this specimen from a miner’s family in the village of […]

This is an exceptional quality Tsumeb azurite, as I hope comes through in the photographs – it is virtually pristine. The parallel growth cluster of azurite crystals is deep dark blue – if lit at a distance in a display case it will look nearly black, but viewed under good strong lighting the blue is […]

Detailed Description Excellent miniature of good-sized bladed crystals of barite with vanadinite crystals perched mostly along the edges of the barites, creating a very aesthetic effect. The longest barite blade is 3.9 cm. The vanadinite crystals are lustrous and sparkly – with a loupe you can see that they are translucent, and a brownish red […]

Detailed Description Gorgeous small cabinet specimen of delicate white barite blades coated by sparkly bright vanadinite crystals.  The longest barite blade measures 2.4 cm. Of course it’s a great association piece, but to me it’s a barite specimen with vanadinite adding colour and making it special. About the Vanadinite/Barite Workings at Coud’a The Coud’a workings […]

Detailed Description This is a beautiful miniature, with barite blades coated by sparkly micro crystals of vanadinite.  I think of it as an enhanced (naturally!) barite specimen rather than a vanadinite. About the Vanadinite/Barite Workings at Coud’a The Coud’a workings involve a lot of hard hand-tunneling through solid rock – it’s incredible the hard work […]

A classic twinned smoky-coloured cerussite from Tsumeb, this aesthetic specimen was in the Ernie and Vera Schlichter collection. The twinning is sensational and the faces at the terminations are super. This is a very nice display specimen with glassy lustre and transparency with a little prism-like play of colour from some crystals at some angles. […]

Exceptional cerussite specimen! This towering stack of parallel cyclical twinned crystals is pure cerussite. The lustre of cerussite from Mibladen varies substantially from specimen to specimen, from dull, to frosted, to greasy to outright brilliant. Most of the myriad of crystal faces on this specimen (including the various faces around the terminations), are brilliant, with […]