Glassy and lustrous gem blue/yellow Tanzanite crystal, even more glassy and transparent in person. Complete high quality crystal. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal with unusual coloration.

Bright blue/green crystals of Botallackite on all sides of specimen. Botallackite is a rare secondary copper mineral and this is a very rich example from recent finds at Cligga Head.

Single Peridot crystal with good green color and transparency. Complete all around. Good Peridot crystals such as this have crisp, sharp edges versus the more commonly seen crystals with rounded edged.

Classic old Golconda Tourmaline with the distinctive pink body and green termination that these are known for. According to Peter Bancroft, these were found in 1964 in one of the last great vugs found at the mine. These are instantly recognizable and now hard to find classics. The crystal is complete all around, transparent, and pristine. Weighs 14.48 grams. 

Cluster of Azurite crystals from a find at the Bou Bekker Mine several years ago.  The Azurite has large, well defined individual crystals that spray out in different directions. A floater cluster with no damage, fine quality.

Satiny, doubly-terminated Stilbite crystal from Russia. A small point of attachment is one one side of the specimen, leaving both ends of the 'bow-tie' perfect and complete. Comes with a few old labels, one showing it was formerly in the Ernie Schlichter collection and an old price of $400.

Etched floater Jeremejevite crystal with good blue color and plenty of gem zones. A thick crystal that has most of the original, flat prism faces still intact with more etching present at the ends. Good sized, high quality crystal that weighs 14 carats. No damage.

Large single crystal of green Pyromorphite partially pseudomorphed to blue Plumbogummite.

Fine quality, sky blue botryoidal Smithsonite from the Kelly Mine in New Mexico. This specimen has a more pure blue color than is typical (rather than blue/green) and a bright, shimmering surface luster.

Cute miniature of white Chalcedony atop a 2.5cm yellow Apatite crystal.

Translucent Calcite crystals to 2.4cm atop green Conichalcite. Stunning thumbnail sized specimen from the Carl Acosta collection.

Two Almandine garnet crystals in schist matrix from the well known Wrangell Island locality in Alaska. The crystals reach 2cm wide with purple/red coloration and translucency and are well exposed from the schist. A USA classic.

Bright crystal groups of the uncommon lead and antimony sulfosalt Semseyite from the Herja Mine in Romania.  The Semseyite crystals are well distibuted across the entire surface and associated with Sphalerite and Quartz.

Boleite cubes and Paratacamite on a clay matrix. Two cubes are on the front face, largest is 7mm on the diagonal, with a multitude of smaller crystals present on top, some intergrown with green Paratacamite. High quality, rare specimen.