Mineral Details

Cerro Mercado, Durango, Mexico - There are a number of apatites on this rock. The main crystal is terminated, with a bright yello color and is 1.5 cm in size ! there are also smaller crytals around ! Showy and nice specimen of 4x3.5x3.5 cm. Weight is 60 gr

25Bou Azzer, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco - A more unusual specimen of Moroccan erythrite featuring isolated crystals on a back ground of quartzite matrix. The erythrites show a great color and the crystals are up to 1.4 cm ! Overall size is 4.8x3.2x1.6 cm.

Mibladen, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco - A bright deep red coverage of vanadinite crystals to the size of 0.5 cm in diameter ! Nice classic specimen from Morocco. Overall size is 6x4x3.2 cm.

HOOSY, MADAGASCAR - A very nice biterminated corundom on scist matrix ! The crystal is 2.3 cm long and 1.6 cm wide ! Great red/violet color. Very esthetic ! Overall size is 3x2.7x1.8 cm

San Leone Mine, Assemini, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy - A classic from this mine. This specimen is composed by a cluster of lenticolar calcite crystals to 2.4 cm in size, partly covered by limonite ! There are a lot of crystals ! On the top there is a bright partly gemmy calcite of 1.4 cm wide ! nice specimen of 8.5 × 6.2 × 3 cm. Weight is 200 gr.

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China - A fragment of terminated white quartz makes a base for a single zoned and phantom included complex stepped blue fluorite crystal. The fluorites are 1.5 cm on the edge. Some minor contacts, overall an aesthetic display. Overall size is 4.7x3.7x1.4 cm

Mawi, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan - This specimen hosts a couple of well shape terminated pollucite crystals 1.5-1.6 cm wide ! Great crystals ! There is also a biterminated quartz crystal 2.8 cm in size. Great specimen. Overall size is 3.9 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm.

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia - A small flat matrix with myriad crystals of smithsonite with misty flat stepped faces, and more brightly lustrous modified terminations. To the outside the smithsonite  is very pale pink some with a yellowish sheen. Inside the smithsonite is colourless also with some yellow discolouration and inclusions. Overall size is 4.5 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm

Manapa, Madagascar - A couple of perfectly terminated liddicoatites show up on this specimen ! Both crystals show greatly ! Their sizes are 1.5 and 0.8 cm in size. Both are perfectly terminated ! Nice rock of 6.5x5x4 cm.

200Manapa, Madagascar - Great terminated liddicoatite ! The crystal is perfectly terminated and shows a great dark red color. All the edges shows greatly ! The size of the crystal is 3x2.2x2 cm ! There is a smaller terminated crystal on one side of the main crystal. Super crystal ! Overall size is 3x2.5x2.2 cm