Detailed Description This specimen from the John S. White quartz collection is a radiating ball of of composite candle-quartz/artichoke crystals, dotted with sharp cubic pyrite crystals and light purple fluorite. The quartz crystals are lustrous and the piece has thousands of tiny faces gleaming under the lights. In excellent condition, no damage. This specimen is […]

Detailed Description This piece really needs a close look at the photos – in person, it is bright with a myriad of brilliant sparkling faces, and so classy! It is one of the most spectacular pieces from the John S. White quartz collection. The overall explosive form of the cluster is dramatic and the specimen […]

A sharp galena from the Picher Field, this piece is from the Bob Whitmore collection, via Rob Lavinsky, to my personal collection. Octahedral galena crystals were from older workings and are considered relatively less common from the Tri-State District localities. This crystal is well-formed with a few very cool growth hollows in places. In excellent […]

From a great American locality for rutile, this is a truly beautiful crystal in pyrophyllite. The rutile is sharp, lustrous and pristine. It looks black – with bright light and close inspection, one then sees the internal red highlights in a couple of places.  An excellent rutile and super contrast with the matrix – a […]

A brilliant epidote crystal with quartz crystals from the classic American epidote locality, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska. This epidote crystal is razor sharp and as lustrous as they come, with some internal green clearly visible under good light. The quartz crystals are also sharp and highly lustrous.  The epidote is pristine […]

A very fine classic specimen of brookite on quartz from Magnet Cove, from my personal collection. The brookite crystals reach up to 1.1 cm and are perched on an elongated quartz crystal. This piece seems to have formed as a floater, crystallized all around with no point of attachment. In excellent condition – no damage […]

A fantastic quality New Hampshire smoky quartz from Black Cap Mountain, the crystals are actually very faintly amethystine. This piece is from the Ernie Schlichter collection and since then it has resided in my own personal collection. It is in excellent condition! A small nick to the back of the smaller side-car crystal (not seen […]

A group of sharp trisoctahedral pyrite crystals. The trisoctahedron is an unusual form to see as the dominant form in a pyrite crystal – in this case, the trisoctahedral faces are intricately stepped. These crystals also exhibit small cube faces. In excellent condition. A super piece from the Pete Richards collection – he personally collected […]

A beautiful combination of transparent purple fluorite cubes and sharp, sparkling crystals of red (“ruby-jack”) sphalerite. This piece is great to explore with a little magnification – some sphalerite crystals are included within fluorite. In excellent condition, and with a saw cut at the base so it stands perfectly for display. From the Pete Richards […]