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 - A very nice and superb barite specimen. The rock host 3 fully terminated barite crystals to the size of 2.5 cm with a wonderful color and transparency ! The crystals show a great honey color and are almost gemmy ! on the left, the specimen shows a coating of bright yello calcite crystals. Overall size is 5.5x5.5x5.5 cm. Weight is 140 gr.

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA - A super lustruous specimen with a super barite crystal of 3 cm in size and fully terminated ! The crystal has a great color, hooney-like color, with an exceptional transparency, gemmy ! Teh whole surface of the rock is coverd by a carpet of bright yello calcite crystals ! overall size is 10x6.5x4.5 cm. Weight is 200 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.

SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - Quite large though not perfect benitoite crystal. The crystal is 1.1 cm in size on the edge and shows a nice blue color though it shows a damage on the top. Nevertheless a large crystal ! Overall size is 3x3x2 cm.

SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - On the white riolite matrix there are 2 well shaped and bright blue benitoites of the size of 0.3 and 0.4 cm. Small but nice ! Other partial crystals ar dispesed in the matrix. Overall size is 4x3x1.2 cm

SAN BENITO GEM MINE, CA, USA - Very nice specimen with a benitoite crystal of 1.2 cm, nicely terminated. This rocks shows also some other large partial crystals of benitoites and also some 1 cm neptunites ! overall size is 2.5x2x2 cm.

SAN BENITO GEM MINE, SAN BENITO CO., CA, USA - This specimen hosts both the typical minerals from this locality. There is a terminated blue crystal of benitoite of 1 cm on the edge, well exposed on the riolite rock and some other partial benitoites. A couple of neptunite show on the back of the rock. Overall size is 3x2.5x2.5 cm.

Maynard's Claim,  Thomas Range,  Juab County, Utah, USA - A nice sharp, lustrous clo to 1 cm black Bixbyite crystal sits on rhyolite matrix in this aesthetic Thomas Range piece. A good specimen of this rare species.  Overall size is 6x5.5x2.5 cm