I’ve posted new worldwide mineral specimens from the Gerald Panneton collection (click here). This update features spectacular pieces, some of which are right up with the best I’ve offered on the website. Fantastic gem crystals, including aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline and spessartine, great fluorite, classic Tsumeb dioptase and azurite, contemporary classic cassiterite, titanite and fluorapatite, a superb Romanian vivianite, top Swiss quartz, and more. I hope you enjoy these wonderful specimens!

Beryl, variety aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia – 8.4 cm

Topaz and beryl, variety aquamarine, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan – 7.6 cm

Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia – 6.4 cm

Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Field of view 4.0 cm

Cassiterite, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China – 7.8 cm

Fluorite, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA – 10.6 cm

Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA – 1.6 cm crystal

Fluorite, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico – 14.5 cm

Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia – 6.8 cm

Beryl, variety aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia – 8.4 cm

Fluorite, Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa – 6.7 cm

Dioptase, Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia – 5.5 cm

Spessartine garnet, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan – 6.6 cm

Quartz, Pardatsch, Val Naps, Tujetsch, Grisons, Switzerland – 10.2 cm

Titanite, Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District,
Gilgit-Baltistan, N.A., Pakistan – 5.7 cm

Fluorapatite on muscovite, Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Pakistan
Field of view 8.0 cm

Same crystal as above, glowing very brightly under short-wave ultraviolet light

Beryl, variety aquamarine, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Field of view 5.5 cm

Vivianite, Rosia Poieni Mine, Musca, Lupca, Alba Co., Romania – 11.0 cm

Same crystal as above, backlit

Celestine, Sakoany Deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar – 13.8 cm

Calcite, Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China – 14.0 cm

Same specimen as above, under ultraviolet light (short- and medium-wave)

Calcite with inclusions (boulangerite), Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Field of view 8 cm

Gypsum var. selenite (twinned), Salinas de Otuma, Paracas, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru
Field of view 4.o cm

Elbaite (Tourmaline), Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Mining District,
San Diego Co., California, USA – 5.0 cm

Vanadinite, Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mountains, Chihuahua, Mexico

Kyanite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 11.0 cm

Kyanite from Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 8.3 cm

Quartz, variety amethyst, Piedra Parada, Mun de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico – 13.8 cm

Quartz and hematite from Jinlong Hill, Longchuan, Guangdong, China – 9.7 cm

Quartz, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province,
La Libertad Dept., Peru – 8.1 cm

Epidote, Rosario Mabel Claim, Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna Province,
Huancavelica Dept., Peru – 10.1 cm

Fluorapophyllite, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India – 5.1 cm

Fluorapophyllite, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India – 7.3 cm

Fluorite, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Quartz, Serra do Cipo, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rhodonite, San Martin Mine, Chirucu, Huallanca,
Bolognesi Province, Ancash Dept., Peru – 5.4 cm