Sphalerite, Huanggang Mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China

Smoky Quartz cluster from Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fluorite, Lead Hill, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Cuprite on native Copper

Sturmanite, N’Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa

Fluorescent Purple Flourite, Greenlaw’s Mine, England

Yellow Prehnite crystal cluster from the Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania.

Vanadinite from the small ‘Orange Crush’ Pocket, Mibladen, Khenifra Province, Morocco, mined in April of 2016. This pocket had orange to brownish-red crystals with a lustrous metallic chatoyancy, and uncommon stepped crystal form. The next Mineralogical Record is set to have an article about this exceptional, very small find.
​Measures 3.3 x 3 x 2.6 cm.

A beautiful gem crystal of Aquamarine from Vietnam. 

Unique specimen of white Colemanite crystals. A calcium borate mineral from Death Valley, California. The specimen was legally recovered prior to 2011.

Location: Sigma Pit, Ryan District, Death Valley, California, USA

Specimen size: 16.9 x 14.2 x 8.8 cm (6.7 x 5.6 x 3.5 inch) Cabinet

Specimen weight: 1,135 gr (2 lb 8.0 oz)

Museum-size Beryl variety Goshenite, with Scheelite and Calcite on Muscovite combo

Ametrine, Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
A beautiful etched crystal of Ametrine (mixed Amethyst-Citrine) from Bolivia. Measures 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm.
​Weighs 6.4 0z.

Double-terminated, Scalenohedral Rhodochrosite from Uchucchacua Mine, Peru

Very pretty and showy gem lustrous red scalenohedral crystals of rhodochrosite are set on matrix. The largest rhodochrosite crystal is double-terminated and measures 17 mm in length. Excellent cherry-red color. Glassy to Vitreous luster.

Location: Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Specimen size: 5.0 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm (2.0 x 1.3 x 1.3 inch) Miniature

Specimen weight: 70 grams (2.5 oz)