Large, dark green single Tourmaline crystal from recent production at this famous mine in Zimbabwe. Tourmaline has been very rare from this mine historically, which has primarily targeted blue Topaz. Most Tourmaline found here occur as small pencil-like crystals and this fat, somewhat tabular crystal in an anomaly. Though dark, it is transparent facet grade throughout with a more greenish brown at the upper third and a bright pure green in the lower two thirds. There is a bit of edge chipping along the sides, it's complete all around, and has a perfect termination. Weighs a hefty 153 grams.

Large, deep red complete Zircon crystal from Tanzania, much larger than typical for this locality. It has a steep pyramidal termination and is nicely transparent when backlit.

Rare gem pink Tourmaline crystal with a greenish yellow termination from Nepal. This is an excellent crystal for the locality as most are very thin, pencil-like crystals. Though not as well known, Nepal has produced small amounts of some very high quality Tourmaline. Found long ago, this crystal is undamaged and weighs 7.23 grams.

Complete and undamaged tetrahedron of Chambersite, a rare mineral found in salt formations in a small number of localities worldwide. Translucent 'Amethyst' purple in color and collected by Fred Pough in 1970. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.

Large, complex, and COMPLETE single Pyrite crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Merelani produces a number of 'world's best' species, and when these Pyrites started coming out recently, an argument could be made that Pyrite from Merelani is also among the world's best for species. The large size, golden color, complex form combined with high luster make them spectacular. However most have dings and are contacted on the back side where they grew against Graphite. This one is exceptional as it is fully crystallized all around and nearly pristine. There is a small indentation on the lower backside where it attached to a mixture of Calcite and Graphite, but even the inside of the indentation is crystallized. There were hundreds to thousands of these found, but very few were this size, and of those I've never seen one this perfect. If you were waiting for the right one, this might be it.