San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia District,  Chihuahua, Mexico - A slightly translucent bluish green double terminated undamaged crystal of vivianite 1.0 cm in length perched nicely upon this 3.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm matrix. Ex Chris & Agatha Galas collection, Ex Dan Weinrich collection.

Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China - Bright dark brown andradite crystals nicely grouped forming clusters. The specimen shows a dozen andradites up to 1-1.5 cm in diameter ! Nice rock of 4x3x3 cm

Maynard's Claim,  Thomas Range,  Juab County, Utah, USA - Several bright metallic black bibyite crystals are mixed with a number of topaz crystals ! the bixbyite are up to 1 cm wide and the topazes are up to 1-1.3 cm in size. Nice and classic specimen of 3.2x2.5zx2 cm

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia - A depcrepit galena matrix with surface coating of small smithsonite crystals also has groups, isolated crystals of the same in a pinkish brown colour up to the size of 0.8-0.9 cm ! Nice specimen of 4.3x3.1x2.7 cm in size

Alchuri Village, Shigar, Northern Areas, Pakistan - Nice cluster of epidote crystals. The crystals have grown such as faden quartz. The epidotes are up to 1.5 cm wide and 2 cm tall. The whole cluster is 3x2 cm in size and there are 4 large crystals and some smaller others. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection

Panasqueira Mine, Beira Baixa, Portugal - A large single glassy two colour green apatite crystals with discs of siderite formed over an arsenopyrite/wolframite/cassiterite matrix. The apatite is 1.5x1 cm in size ! Veri nice and bright ! Overall size is 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.8 cm.

Rubtsovskiy mine, Altai, Russia - Bright  terminated cuprite crystals up to 2 cm on the edge. Minimal natural etching on, as typical for this species. Overall size is 2.4x2.2x1.8 cm

Dallas Gem Mine, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA - A single terminated lustrous black neptunite crystal measuring 2.7 cm in length set on the side of matrix. No damage. Overall size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.  Ex Ralph Merrill collection

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Terminated bright pink crystal of pezzottaite on matrix. The crystal is 0.3 cm in size and shows well emerging from the book of violet lepidolite. Very nice. Overall size is 4x3.5x2.5 cm

Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan - Double terminated elbaite attached to a book of cleavelandite. The crystal is undamaged and 3.2 cm long ! it shows a light yellow on one end and green on the other. There is a smaller 1.3 cm terminated elbaite on a side. Overall size is 4.7x2.5x2 cm