A sharp doubly-terminated crystal of lorenzenite in matrix with black aegirine crystals. Lorenzenite is a fairly rare mineral, known mostly as acicular crystals up to a few mm in length – the blocky crystals from Selsurt Mountain are the best known. This crystal is great for the species, and a good size (2.5 cm). In […]

Sharp, lustrous green dioptase crystals on contrasting white calcite from Tsumeb. The dioptase crystals are glassy and intense. In excellent condition – there are a few incomplete crystals (including a crystal at top left is incomplete at the back) and the base of the specimen is cut with a saw to sit perfectly. Looks great […]

A plate of matrix covered with sharp, lustrous, transparent cerussite crystals. These crystals are beautiful complex twins and look wonderful with a little magnification. In excellent condition – one small crystal incomplete and a couple tiny chips (the back of the tip of the large crystal is a natural contact, not damage). From the Pete […]

A gorgeous, delicate pyromorphite specimen with sharp crystals so lustrous they look wet. The crystals have pinacoidal terminations, and in some cases, with magnification, one can see further crystallization, almost as if with little rosettes.  The colour of the crystals is a bright green, and they are translucent with some transparency. In excellent condition – […]

Sharp crystals of classic pink smithsonite from Tsumeb. The large crystal standing up over the top of the specimen (1.7 cm) is fully crystallized, including around the back – it is a somewhat flattened rhomb with some complexities on the backside (the top corner of the back is complete and crystallized, not damaged. In excellent […]

Detailed Description A sharp, lustrous amethyst-smoky quartz sceptre on a pale almost-colourless stem. The colour is distributed in purple zones and phantom-like smoky zones. With magnification, one can see that there is a two-phase inclusion with a moving bubble (visible through the largest pyramidal face of the crystal). Also visible with magnification are wonderful hematite […]

Detailed Description A beautiful sharp amethyst sceptre from the Chibuku Mine. The colour ranges from delicate lilac to smoky. With a loupe, one can see a two-phase inclusion, with a moving bubble, near the top of the stem (from the front viewing angle). In excellent condition, a great piece. About the Chibuku Mine, Chiredzi, Masvingo, […]

Detailed Description A sharp, highly lustrous amethyst sceptre with great transparency. There are three two-phase inclusions with moving bubbles in this crystal, best seen with a loupe (one visible through the main front pyramidal face inside the obvious inclusion area, the second is best viewed through the next pyramidal face to the left, near the […]

Detailed Description A wonderful scepter, with a very full “head” on a slender stem – an absolute textbook quartz sceptre. This crystal has amethystine zoning and smoky quartz zoning – it’s sharp with good lustre. With a loupe, one can see gorgeous hematite inclusions. I don’t usually compare mineral shapes to other objects but it’s […]

Detailed Description A rare matrix specimen from the Chibuku Mine – a beautiful lustrous amethyst sceptre is accompanied by several pale amethyst crystals (not sceptres, two are doubly-terminated) on minor quartz with hematite. The fine purple and smoky zones in this sceptre are sharp and well defined. In excellent condition overall, there is an incomplete […]

Detailed Description A razor-sharp, lustrous amethyst sceptre, this piece has lots going on inside. With a loupe, one can see two two-phase inclusions, each with a moving bubble (visible, slightly right of centre, second photo). Also with magnification one can see bright red platy hematite crystal inclusions. In excellent condition – no damage (there is […]

Detailed Description A superb sharp, lustrous amethyst sceptre with smoky zones. This piece features great hematite inclusions – some red plates, some silver-black metallic plates, and many complex forms. Under magnification they’re wonderful, and along with other internal features, they make this crystal really sparkle under the lights. There is also one two-phase inclusion, with […]