Hubnerite   SOLD

Huayllapong Mine, Psto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru.

What a combination; hubnerite crystals to 30 mm long sitting embedded in quartz with a number of small water-clear to translucent terminated quartz crystals growing in al directions on one side of hubnerite; and there is bonus, three yellow-green terminated sheltie crystals 5 mm across re attached to a couple of larger hubnerite crystals. Brian Shelton collection.

3.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm

Spessartine on Quartz   SOLD

Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China.

Transparent and terminated smoky quartz crystal generously covered around the lower part with lustrous dark orange-brown gemmy spessartine variety garnet crystals.

8.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Pyromrphite   

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomous Region, China.

Olivine green needles of pyromorphite fully covering the front ad partly all other sides of this miniature from China.

4.5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm

Pyrite   

Pleasant Ridge, Indiana, USA.

Most unusual pencil like formation of crystallized pyrite. Brian Shelton collection.

3.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm