Sharp crystals of copper with a great patina forming branching formations and elongated (spinel?) crystals with some matrix attached. Choice old timer from the early 1900’s or late 1800’s.

Doubly terminated, bi-colored elbaite prisms in parallel growth with lepidolite crystals and smaller elbaites attached. Super!

A stunning and unusual fluorite consisting of an elongated (etched?) crystal that ends in a cube termination and is associated with cubed faces along the side of the crystal and sits on sphalerite crystals with micro quartz and galena crystals. One of the neatest pieces I’ve seen out of this locale!. Originally in the collection of Leonard Himes who purchased it from Ocus Stanley in the early 70’s and sold it to D. Nelson in 2002.

A beautiful specimen consisting of very gemmy (the matrix can be seen under the crystals) and lustrous blue cubes of fluorite with a deep purple color zone on the edges. These sit on a matrix of muscovite and tiny clear crystals of bertrandite. There is contact on the rear of both larger groups of fluorites, but it is on the rear of the crystals and it does not affect display. A stunning piece!

A 3 cm group of nearly black, intergrown manganocolumbite crystals with a matte finish sits at the center of a white albite matrix with minor quartz and flanked by two pastel pink prismatic crystals of morganite. The rear reveals an oddly shaped flattened quartz crystal.

Bright yellow prismatic crystals of mimetite forming sprays and mounds on a dark tan matrix, (probably dolomite and calcite).  Excellent large specimen from Tsumeb with a beautiful color contrast.

A very special piece from the Shimen Mine in China. It is a two sided specimen where calcite prisms are selectively sprinkled with acicular orpiment crystals and are completely blanketed on the other side. It is undamaged (very rare for Shimen specimens) and is a complete floater. Super!

Bright and golden, striated pyrite crystals sit on a matrix of lustrous jet black sphalerite crystals. The rear also shows some nice (but smaller) pyrites coating the matrix. Very fine old timer from this historical Colorado locality.

A large smoky quartz crystal on a matrix of cookeite, lepidolite and albite. There’s a sharp growth phantom on one side of the crystal and some contact on the rear, but it does not affect the other display sides. An old Eastern classic. Super!

A superb, slightly smoky, gemmy quartz crystal sprinkled with equally gemmy lustrous orange red spessartine crystals. This is a doubly terminated quartz crystal with a prismatic tapering termination on one end and a healed termination on the other end.