Mineral Details

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - No doubt, this is gorgeous ! An incredibly well shaped barite crystal stands on a yello calcite matrix ! The baryte is 4 cm long and terminated ! Incredible color and transparency ! Overall size is 7.7x5x5 cm. Weight is 110 gr

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - The spectacular esthetic of this specimen is a classic ! The specimen consists of an incredible carpet of bright yellow calcite crystals to 1 cm in size with a couple of gemmy golden barite crystals ! The barites are up to 3 cm in size ! the main crystal is incredibly visible, standing in the middle of the specimen, the other is partially hidden by the calcite crystals. Overall size is 9x7x6 cm. Weight is 365 gr.

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - A superb baryte crystal shows on the yellow crystalline calcite coating of this specimen. The baryte is fully terminated and 2.5 cm in size. No damage ! Great esthetic ! Overall size is 5x4x4 cm. Weight is 115 gr.

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - A superb baryte crystal cluster of baryte ! There are a couple of fully and perfectly terminated barytes ! The crystals are 3.5 and 2.5 cm in size . Great honey color ! The crystals are gemmy ! Superb specimen. The calcite is fluorescent under UV. Overall size is 4.5x4x2.5 cm. Weight is 48 gr.

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - A very esthetic baryte specimen. There are various baryte crystals here. The main one are 3.2 and 2.8 cm in size. Fully terminated the barytes show a beautiful honey color, and are gemmy ! There are a couple of smaller crystals. The barytes stand on a carpet of yellow calcite, fluorescent under UV. Overall size is 6.5x5.5x5 cm. Weight is 235 gr.

Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA - Glassy yellow mostly gemmy prismatic, double terminated, crystals of calcite measuring to 5.3 cm in length set nicely upon matrix. One cleaved crystal termination at the extreme far right edge of the matrix, this away from the piece, as seen. The prominent crystal is in excellent condition. Measures 9.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm.

Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru - Semi lustrous sharp crystals to 1.5 cm in size across the top of this matrix with minor rhodochrosite. In very good condition and quite fine for the species. Overall size is 6.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm. Weight is 140 gr.

Uchuchaccua Mine, Oyon, Peru - Shimmering translucent red Rhodochrosite crystals on matrix. There are a dozen crystals to 0.5-0.6 cm in size! great color ! These are great Rhodo specimens that are no longer common and currently still a great value. Overall size is 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm. Weight is 150 gr

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An esthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with cleavelandite. The crystal is 2 cm long and it is perfectly terminated and shows a greeen color in the lower part that becomes lighter close to the top.  Great specimen of 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm.

Alchuri, Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Bright deep green epidote crystals form a 4.2 cm long cluster ! The epidotes are wwell shaped and pristine ! Their size is 0.5-0.7 cm ! A well terminated dolomite stands on the epidotes. Nice specimen of 4.2x2x1 cm in size. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection