Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia - This piece features dozens of superb, incredibly rare, sharp, lustrous light green crystals of Paravauxite measuring up to 7 mm with tan colored crystals of Sigloite on iron-stained Wavellite on matrix. Sigloite forms as the result of alteration from Paravauxite. This specimen is from the type locality for both species ! This piece is a great example of the prismatic, sheaf-like parallel growths that are described on every mineralogy book on Bolivian minerals.Overall size is 7.8 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm

Cerro Mercado, Durango, Mexico - Greatly terminated giant fluorapatite crystal ! The crystal is 4x2.3x2 cm in size, one of the biggest I have seen. Very showy.

Uchuchaccua Mine, Oyon, Peru - 3 cm wide exposed portion of a vug with translucent pink Rhodochrosite crystals. Good undamaged crystals to 1 cm in size ! nice termination on the main crystals,  contacts on the smaller crystals. Nice for the locality. Overall size is 6x3.3x2 cm.

Chapacase Mine, nr. Maria Elena, CHILE - Nice 7x2.5x3 cm specimen with several 1-3 mm deep red wulfenite crystals. They are nicely exposed on the matrix or forming groups of crystals.

Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru - Fine orange sparkling crystals of orpiment to 1.3 cm in height covering most of the top of this 4.0 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm matrix. In very fine condition for one of these orpiment's, with no real cleaving or chipping. Shows all around nicely.

Minas Gerais, Brazil - A very nice and esthetic specimen ! A quartz point, perfectly terminated hosts a couple of bright green elbaites that emerge from the quartz crystal. A third elbaite is completely frozen inside the quartz. Real nice and peculiar Brazilian specimen of 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm in size. Weight is 20 gr.

SAPO MINE, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL - Bright and perfectly terminated apatite crystals . The crystals are undamaged and are 1.4 cm in diameter ! Super crystals ! Very showy specimen of 4x3.5x2 cm in size

BRUMADO, BAHIA, BRASIL -  Very nice specimen with large crystals ! On a carpet of crystalline magnesite there are almost a dozen terminated red uvites, the largest is up to 1x1.3 cm ! Very showy specimen of 7.5x4.5x3.5 cm.

Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico - Very nice deep blue crystals of azurite forming a cluster of 3x3x1.5 cm in size. The crystals are well shaped and up to 1.8x1.5 cm in size ! Very esthetic cluster. Overall size is 3x3x1.5 cm. Weight is 21 gr

Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose Safian City, Minas gerais, Brazil - Perfectly terminated pink and green elbaite of 2.3x0.5x0.5 cm in size ! No damage ! Great colors !