A superb skeletal quartz with clay inclusions, highlighting the “windows” throughout the crystal. This crystal has bright glassy lustre, great form and is in excellent condition – a tiny imperfection at one termination, you really have to be looking for it to notice. From the John S. White quartz collection (#14-10-6), one of the nicest […]

A beautiful Liliana Mine quartz of the type sometimes referred to as “minaret” quartz. This piece features two generations of crystallized quartz – the brilliant second generation: transparent, doubly-terminated, glassy, lustrous, very faintly amethystine crystals, forming a ring all around the single first generation crystal. The underlying first generation crystal is a six-sided bar of […]

This is a fantastic specimen from the Liliana Mine – one crystal has a complex sceptre, one has a simple sceptre with a tiny reverse-sceptre on top, and the final of the three main crystals is a simple, terminated first generation crystal. The sceptre heads are glassy, with bright lustre and the faintest hint of […]

A superb, complex sceptre from the Liliana Mine – the crystals comprising the sceptre-head (second generation crystals) include individuals that are sceptres themselves. The second generation crystals are sharp, lustrous and faintly amethystine. In excellent condition, no damage. A sweetheart from the John S. White quartz collection (#24-5-3). About John S. White    

A gorgeous sceptre from the Liliana Mine. The sceptre head is transparent and lightly amethstine in color – it is sharp, glassy and lustrous. Beautiful form and in excellent condition – no damage. From the collection of John S. White (#26-8-10), this is a first class specimen! About John S. White  

A beautiful quartz sceptre from the Liliana Mine. The quartz is sharp, glassy and lustrous, and small areas of the sceptre cap itself are faintly smoky in hue. In excellent condition, no damage. From the collection of John S. White (#26-8-11), a sweet specimen. About John S. White    

A beautiful quartz from the John S. White quartz collection (originally collected by Benny Fenn) – a Liliana Mine specimen of what is sometimes called “minaret quartz”. This piece features two generations of crystallized quartz – the brilliant second generation: transparent, doubly-terminated, glassy, lustrous crystals, forming a ring all around the single first generation crystal. […]

A superb quartz from the John S. White quartz collection (originally collected by Benny Fenn) – this is a Liliana Mine specimen of what is sometimes called “minaret quartz”. This piece features two generations of crystallized quartz – the star of the show is the second generation: transparent, doubly-terminated, glassy, lustrous, very slightly amethystine crystals, […]

A beautiful cluster of quartz crystals, with a central vertical parallel growth and small crystals radiating outward from it. These crystals are sharp with brilliant lustre – all the parallel-growth terminations sparkle under the lights.  From the John S. White collection, really nice! About John S. White    

A group of sharp, lustrous slightly divergent quartz crystals with a blanket of siderite crystals on one side (and a few small ones all over). The siderite crystals are in fact pseudomorphs after calcite. This specimen is from the John S. White collection (#23-2-12) – he acquired it from Peter Megaw. An aesthetic and classy […]

A striking specimen: this is a cut and polished section of scenic jasper with a bold colour change in the middle. On the left-hand side, the banding has obvious iron-induced colouring –  a combination of cream, yellowish, reddish and maroon. A stark dividing-line sets apart the right-hand side, of mostly greys and creams. Topped with […]