Lavender Amethyst crystals on milky Quartz crystal matrix. The Amethyst crystals are sharp and lustrous and exhibit a deeper purple color at the terminations, typical for the locality. An aesthetic piece with great contrast and luster. In excellent condition. Location: Diamond Hill Quartz Mine, Antreville,...

Miniature Lavender Amethyst crystals on milky Quartz crystal druze. The Amethyst crystals are sharp and lustrous and exhibit a deeper purple color at the terminations which is typical for the locality. An aesthetic piece with great contrast and luster. In excellent condition. Location: Diamond Hill...

This piece is almost beyond description - it starts with a massive plate of green Celadonite (26 cm long!) which is then host to numerous clusters of lustrous, colorless to purple Amethyst crystals that resemble multiple “flowers.” These Amethyst crystals are denser and thicker...

This is a very aesthetic, lustrous piece that has what appears to be four intergrown deep-green octahedral Fluorite crystals with a partial coating of translucent, lustrous, colorless, microcrystalline Quartz cast after Calcite. (A pseudomorph where the existing scalenohedral Calcite crystals were coated by microcrystalline...

Several lustrous black Schorl crystals with Smoky Quartz crystals on well crystallized cream-colored Feldspar. Great contrast and luster, and some of the Schorl crystals are double terminated. A very aesthetic piece in very good condition. Location: Erongo Region, Namibia Size: 7.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm...

A very aesthetic specimen of transparent clear Quartz crystals completely covering all sides of a 13 cm high stalactite as well as two smaller adjoining stalactites. A beautiful showy piece in excellent condition. Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil Size: 12.5 x 7 x 4 cm

A cabinet size specimen of lustrous, colorless translucent Quartz featuring a trio of water-clear Quartz crystals rising above the base. This is a great piece in excellent condition. Location: Arkansas, USA Size: 8.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm

An exceptionally large and lustrous plate of Amethyst Quartz crystals. The crystals are all pristine and complete and lustrous with several exhibiting darker-colored terminations. One of the best “flowers” I have seen - an aesthetic and beautiful piece in excellent condition. Location: Rio Grande do...

An amazing piece that starts with a colorless Quartz matrix with numerous miniature Quartz crystals, partially covered with miniature light-yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystals and finally topped off by a stunning, lustrous, transparent blue-purple cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystal with stepped octahedral faces. Even the bottom hosts...

This is a superb specimen of cuboctohedral (cubic with octahedral corners) Galena from the Gidiursko Mine, Bulgaria. The Galena crystals from this mine are often sharp with a brilliant, metallic/mirror-like luster. Add to that numerous radiating clusters of contrasting, transparent, colorless needle-Quartz and you...

This is a very fascinating crystal form of Quartz. It is often referred to as “beta Quartz” having been formed at higher temperatures, creating a perfectly symmetrical bipyramidal hexagon. However, when beta Quartz cools down, it may or may not decrease its symmetry, but...

The Quartz crystals are clear to milky white, highly translucent and with a luster so vitreous they appear wet. Along the crystal edges and at the very tip of the terminations there are light inclusions of red Hematite - a nice, subtle contrast. A very...

This is a superb piece featuring a perfect hemisphere of highly translucent yellow Fluorite in a Quartz lined vug. Even the vug itself is translucent. Amazing contrast, luster and symmetry. There are not many specimens like this around that are this clean and damage...

An aesthetic piece of lustrous, transparent, colorless needle Quartz crystal clusters on contrasting black Sphalerite. Also referred to as “porcupine Quartz”, the crystals are elongated and nicely terminated. A beautiful piece in excellent condition.  Location: Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru...

A very large plate of lustrous, Hematite included milky-white Quartz crystals (causing the red tinting near the tips). There is a light “dusting” of pearly Dolomite (creating a “snow” effect) and Chalcopyrite crystals scattered throughout the piece. Extremely aesthetic and in excellent condition. Location: Jiangxi...

A superb, very large specimen hosting numerous stepped cubo-octahedral Fluorite crystals. The Fluorite crystals are a unique blue-purple color, incredibly lustrous and transparent, and perfectly spaced throughout the piece. Then there is a subsequent overgrowth of miniature white-to-colorless Quartz crystals covering the entire matrix...

A fascinating new find out of Nashik, India: A plate of needle-like stalactites of Chalcedony creating a breathtaking visual - it’s surreal, like some kind of miniature set piece with miniature arches (see the pics). This is another one of those “that can’t be...

I know, you see Quartz and think to yourself, “big deal.” Well first of all, this is big, like huge. But what really impressed me was the perfection of all five crystal terminations, particularly the main, forward crystal. And all natural, no polishing. Transparent,...

An impressive, light yellow Quartz cluster from Madagascar. There are over half a dozen crystal terminations, and numerous more smaller terminations near the bottom of the specimen. The front of the piece is dusted with a druze of microcrystalline Quartz, creating a beautiful sparkly...

Really interesting piece: Several small Calcite crystals dusted with microcrystalline Quartz deposited on a plate of Amethyst Quartz crystals, also dusted with microcrystalline Quartz. This makes for incredible luster, great contrast and an unusual yet intriguing, eye-catching piece - I have yet to see...

This is an excellent specimen of Elestial Smoky Quartz. The Quartz is a light brown transitioning to darker brown near the terminations with great luster, and it is gemmy and transparent at the terminations. This piece will catch your eye! In excellent condition. Location: Minas...

Several Smoky Quartz crystals with Muscovite Mica on Feldspar. The Smoky crystals are lustrous, highly translucent to transparent at the tips and overall in great condition. Nice contrast and an attractive piece. Location: Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil Size: 11 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm  

A really nice display piece featuring two translucent (see backlit pic), mint-green octahedral Fluorite crystals set on a matrix of white microcrystalline quartz. The fluorite crystals have a textured surface due to microscopic stepped crystal growth. Great piece in excellent condition. Location: Hunan Province, China Size: 11.5 x...

This is a fascinating piece - it features swirls of Rhodochrosite seemingly wrapped around miniature globular aggregates of sphalerite, all on a matrix of quartz. Many of the Rhodo crystal aggregates have an almost rosette-like formation. I had a little trouble capturing the pink...

A showy cluster of Sphalerite crystals on quartz, with red microcrystalline quartz crystals intermingled with, and in some instances, coating several of the Sphalerite crystals, along with numerous Calcite crystals populating the piece, especially the back. The Sphalerite crystals are a deep reddish-brown (see...

One of my favorite pieces ever! A cluster of Rose Quartz crystals wrapped around Milky Quartz. The Rose Quartz crystals are flawless and transparent, the color is a rich rose color, the luster is glassy and gemmy, and the contrast is unbeatable. One of...

There’s been a lot of Red Quartz coming out of Morocco lately, but most pieces have minor (or major) dings and such, so I was able to, after much perusing, find a few pieces that were quite stunning, balanced and undamaged. This is one...

This is a beautiful plate of Amethyst from the active Purple Hope Claim in King County, WA. I especially like the light lavender, transparent crystals caped with a darker purple termination. Makes for an atypical plate of Amethyst and really catches the eye. Great...

An amazing piece with quartz crystals everywhere of all sizes. What makes this huge piece particularly interesting is the large cavity on the right side filled with crystals throughout. From Manikaran, Kullu Valley, India - in the Himalayas - thus often referred to as...

This is a stunning piece featuring an intense deep purple stepped Fluorite crystal perfectly set on a matrix of microcrystalline Quartz from the famous Zogno mine (known locally as Camissinone mine), Bergamo, Italy. Upon closer inspection you’ll see multiple miniature Fluorite crystals scattered throughout...