This is a rare find for sure. This is a piece that features translucent colorless Chalcedony over acicular red-orange Scolecite. It’s a rare find, let alone one that is complete. In addition, the base of this specimen contains a second partial “sunburst” Scolecite. This...

A fascinating piece from a recent find in Inner Mongolia. It features a Quartz matrix of two generations: a clear core with a second, off-white opaque miniature crystalline Quartz coating rendering the hosting Quartz matrix slightly translucent. The Fluorite from this find is really...

A very large, beautiful plate of purple Fluorite cubes with a nice satin luster. The cubes are a reasonably large with numerous crystals showing stair-stepped crystal growth. This is a really aesthetic specimen in excellent condition. Location: Qinglong, Guizhou, China Size: 15 x 12 x 5...

A large, beautiful plate of purple Fluorite cubes with a nice satin luster. The cubes are a reasonably large with numerous crystals showing stair-stepped crystal growth. This is a really aesthetic specimen in excellent condition. Location: Da Li, Yueng nan, China Size: 13.5 x 9 x...

A beautiful piece featuring translucent Mangano Calcite crystals in plumose aggregates. Plumose: “Featherlike aggregate in which many small crystals protrude out of a long, slender one.” (Minerals.net) These pink Calcite crystal formations are an uncommon occurrence, yet these flower-like crystal aggregates are absolutely amazing...

This cabinet sized specimen hosts a single, sharp, translucent deep-red Zircon crystal exhibiting the class pyramidal termination often associated with this mineral.  The Zircon crystal is sitting perfectly positioned in a nicely contrasting Marble matrix with black Biotite scattered throughout the matrix. A great quality,...

A huge piece that is entirely covered with miniature Calcite scalenohedra. What’s make this piece even more interesting is that these numerous Calcite crystals are clearly arranged into several flower-like clusters, emanating from a center point and radiating outward. Absolutely beautiful! The soft-white color,...

This specimen hosts a cluster of lavender Calcite scalenohedra on a layer of slightly amethystine crystalline Quartz. It’s unusual to see a specimen with such contrasting halves - the large, lavender Calcite crystals across from the crystalline Quartz - like a line was drawn...

A stunning natural Opal (some matrix is still attached) from Welo, Ethiopia. Again, this is its natural form, unpolished. To be honest with you, I prefer this natural Opal over the polished version. (Although, I wisely wouldn’t consider giving this to my wife on...

This is a beautiful specimen of numerous light pink Mangano Calcite Rhombohedra. The piece appears to be very lightly dusted with a microcrystalline Calcite, giving it a satin luster. Bear with me on this thought: When I’ve displayed this piece next to countless shiny...

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...

Typical Mesolite sprays with their fragile, needle-like crystals are a challenge to transport to say the least. That’s what I love about this piece - all of the Mesolite crystals are within a vug, thus offering protection to the Mesolite crystals from the environment...

A beautiful, cabinet sized specimen of lustrous, transparent, blue tapered Barite crystals. Set these amazing crystals on a dark brown Gossan matrix and now the contrast and presentation is just incredible. One of the many features that makes these crystals so fascinating is the...

This is a really unique piece - just the sheer size of the main Mesolite sphere is impressive. Also, some might expect Mesolite to be a sphere of delicate needles, but in this case it is more globular with spiky protrusions. The contrast between...

This extra large piece hosts 2 generations of Calcite: the first generation is featured on the front which is a layer of bright white, highly lustrous Calcite crystals, and then on the side and back is a second generation of beige colored microcrystalline Calcite...

A very large, striking specimen of highly translucent, lustrous Apophyllite crystals on a contrasting dark brown matrix. The crystals are pseudo-cubic with modified corners and are a brilliant white color. Not your normal Zeolite! In excellent condition. Location: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India Size: 17 x 10 x...

This is a massive plate hosting countless miniature Prehnite stalactites or “fingers.” These are not epimorphs where the Prehnite covers the original mineral and the original mineral subsequently dissolves leaving a hollow cast, but rather solid Prehnite stalactites. A very unusual and even rare...

A beautiful specimen featuring a cluster of translucent, deep purple Fluorite cubes with interior yellow Fluorite zoning (see closeup pics) from the famous Cave-In-Rock location. The crystals are sharp, stepped and intergrown with a luster that can only be captured in person. If you...

Garnets are found in metamorphic rocks, and this particular piece hosts a large and striking Garnet crystal with large and well-defined crystal faces, along with numerous small Garnet crystals scattered throughout the piece. This piece is eye-catching with great contrast and a large, well-defined,...

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...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a huge 3.7 cm Pyrite cube, and it is perfect - just amazing! Location: Navajun, Spain...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a huge 4 cm Pyrite cube. There are two minor contacts (the one on top...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a huge 4 cm Pyrite cube, and it is perfect - just amazing! Location: Navajun, Spain...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a large 3 cm Pyrite cube, and it is perfect - just amazing! Location: Navajun, Spain...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a huge 4 cm Pyrite cube, and it is perfect - just amazing! Location: Navajun, Spain...

Pyrite cubes never get old. There are some that insist these things are fabricated, but they are completely natural, and thus a favorite of collectors. This particular piece hosts a 2.5 cm Pyrite cube and a large 3 cm intergrown cube - both perfect...

This is a miniature featuring vivid turquoise-blue botryoidal Chrysocolla over Malachite with the layering beautifully displayed on the edges. In very good condition. Location: L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, DR Congo Size: 4.2 x 2.5 x 2 cm

This piece has great contrast with translucent to transparent lenticular Calcite crystals on a dark matrix. The Calcite crystals, especially the ones in front, are pristine and gemmy,  while the one in back has several Stibnite inclusions (see pics). This is an attractive and...

This is an exceptionally large specimen of a classic “bowtie” Stilbite, nearly 5” (12.5 cm) wide! It is perfect, and I don’t say that often. It has just a small bit of Heulandite matrix attached to the bottom to give it balance and contrast. One...

An elongated Calcite crystal with multiple terminations. Great luster and color and no damage. Location: Yunnan Province, China Size: 9.8 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm