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Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
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Well formed Acanthite crystal to 1.4cm in a cluster. Older specimen with a Mark Rogers label, 3.4 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm.
Kop Dalgari, East Anatolia, Turkey
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Purple Kammererite crystals to 5mm associated with clear Calcite crystals, unusual hard to find specimen, 7 x 5 x 1.8 cm.
New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Scotland
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Scottish classic specimen of "nailhead" Calcite crystals that have overgrown an earlier generation of scalenohedral Calcite crystals. Pyrite grew on the earlier Calcite generation resulting the conical shaped phantoms of Pyrite within each crystal. Ex. Ydren collection, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm.
Kop Dalgari, East Anatolia, Turkey
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Purple Kammererite crystals to 6mm, fine translucent crystals. This is the world's
best Kammererite and the mine is now long closed, 6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm.
Aydun, Mugula, Turkey
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Transparent V-twin crystal with a better gemmy yellow color than photos indicate. This is rare material from old stocks in Turkey, no more is being found as the deposit has been exhausted. Gemmy Diaspore crystals are rare and the V-twins even rarer - only 10% or less of the find were these V-twins, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm.
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Calcite and Quartz cluster with a sharp octahedral Bornite crystal, unusual for the sharp crystal form, size 4 x 3 x 3 cm.
Falconera Section, Cianciana Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
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Large glassy lemon yellow Sulphur crystals to 1.7cm on Aragonite. Good when viewed from all sides, 3.8 x 3 x 2.5 cm.
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Cluster of well formed crystals to 1.8 cm, size 3 x 2.6 x 2 cm.
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Two exceptionally fine Anapaite crystals which formed in a 2.3cm wide fossil bivalve, size 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm.
Aydun, Mugula, Turkey
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Transparent V-twin crystal, long 4.2 cm arm has typical ragged termination, shorter arm has damaged end. The V-twin is included by thin, straight crystal of 2.3 cm midway along the long arm. 10% or less of the find were these V-twins, and this deposit has been exhausted, 4.2 x 3 x 1 cm.
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Romania
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3.3cm spherical Calcite with half of the sphere included by Jamesonite. These bi-color spheres are the most sought after of these specimens. Superb floater specimen, 10 x 4.5 x 4 cm.
Nikolaevskoye, Dal'Negorsk, Russia
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Wide floater Pyrrhotite group on Sphalerite, 11 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
Falconera Section, Cianciana Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
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Large, lemon yellow Sulphur crystals with Aragonite. Main crystal is 2cm, wel crystallized and can be viewed from 3 sides, 4 x 3 x 3 cm.
Baia Sprie (?), Romania
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7cm Stibnite crystal spray set in white Barite crystals. Attractive old (30 years?) specimen from the Clifford Kruger collection. "Cliff" was a local collector and is pictured in the 1978 "Rogues' Gallery" in the special "50-Year History of the Tuscon Show" Mineralogical Record issue . Size 11 x 8 x 8 cm.
Sferlun Asbestos Mine, Malenco Valley, Lombardy, Italy
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Single gemmy Demantoid crystal on matrix. The garnet is 1cm across and internally transparent, with a little light you can see right through to the matrix beneath. Ex. Wolfgang Pohl collection, 4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm.
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