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6.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm. A fine, mirror-bright, brass-yellow pyrite pyritohedron is beautifully accented with three quartz crystal rosettes on this specimen from the Alimon Mine at Huaron, Peru. Overall, a highly unusual piece. The pyrite is pristine and rests on a thin crust of matrix. Pyritohedrons are very uncommon from Huaron, as most are cubes. This is one of the very finest and more unusual pyrite combination specimens that I have seen from the Alimon Mine. Pieces of this quality came out in the mid-1980s. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
14.5 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm. An impressive cabinet cluster of water-clear, lustrous quartz crystals from Mt. Ida, Arkansas. This striking piece shows well all-around 360 degrees and the basal contacting on the back is totally out of sight. The sharp, hexagonal crystals are of excellent quality. Very nearly pristine. A dramatic display specimen. Ex. Russell Jones Collection.
10.3 x 9.3 x 6.0 cm. Three pretty pink rosettes to glassy rose quartz crystals are aesthetically set in a large vug in bladed albite on this old-time specimen from Newry, Maine. The largest rosette is 8 mm. Fine and uncommon material from this classic US locale for rose quartz, discovered in 1942. Such specimens are very rare and hard to obtain today. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection.
15.5 x 13.0 x 6.0 cm. Lustrous, ruby-jack sphalerite crystal clusters and discrete crystals are set on the two-sided, wedge of sparkly, drusy quartz-covered limestone matrix on this very impressive large cabinet specimen from the less common and now-closed Cumberland Mine of Tennessee. The sphalerite crystals reach 2.5 cm. The larger of the two clusters is 8.5 cm across and both of these clusters are in excellent condition. The Cumberland is very near to the famous Elmwood Mine and was not known as a great specimen producer. Quartz is rare from the Cumberland, so this is an exceptional combination specimen from this locale. Ex. Walt Gaylord Collection, mine geologist for the Elmwood and Cumberland Mines. His note indicates that the piece was collected in 1992 from O8N #2 within the mine.
17.0 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm. Two glassy and gemmy, light amber, complex calcite rhombs to 3.4 cm are very aesthetically placed in this superb large cabinet specimen from Jalgaon. These rhombs rest on a large, 4.0 cm, brown calcite rhomb partially hidden by the amber rhombs and a coating of small stilbite blades. The well-prepared, large basalt vesicle is lined with sparkly quartz crystals, with a rich sprinkling of small stilbite blades on the floor of the vug. The gemmy rhombs have excellent color, glassiness and crystal form - and are very artistically set in the natural cavity.
9.9 x 6.4 x 4.9 cm. A striking doubly terminated, skeletal or window quartz crystal scepter with clay inclusions from a very uncommon Mexico locale - Potrero Chico, Nuevo Leon. The glassy, transparent crystal has fascinating parallel-growth clay inclusions in the scepter. The scepter is pristine. Very rare from this locale. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
6.4 x 5.1 x 3.0 cm. Lustrous, brassy rosettes of intergrown pyrite crystals are aesthetically and richly scattered on the quartz crystal matrix on this fine two-sided specimen from recent finds at the Fengjiashan Mine, China. This is an unusual Chinese pyrite form, and is really interesting. Nearly pristine and a near floater.
8.7 x 6.6 x 4.0 cm. A beautiful and striking specimen from a new find in an uncommon Chinese locale - Yuncheng Prefecture, Shanxi Province. Glassy, sharp quartz crystals are included with vibrant, brick-red hematite. The tinted crystals reach 3.5 cm on this piece and rest on milky quartz matrix. Two crystal faces are preferentially included with contrasting, pastel-green chlorite, for an interesting accent. These look very similar to the classic hematite-included amethyst crystals from Thunder Bay, Ontario.
6.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm. A 3.8 cm, euhedral, pleasing green emerald crystal is aesthetically set in massive quartz matrix in this fine specimen from recent finds in China. While these crystals certainly are not as gemmy as good Colombian ones, they are lustrous and translucent. The emerald is doubly terminated and is pristine. Very highly representative of the species from this locality.
9.8 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm. A striking, 2.0 cm, highly lustrous, mahogany-colored brookite blade rests in a very imposing position on the side of an aesthetic, cathedral-like cluster of water-clear quartz spires. The termination of the brookite crystal was engulfed by the growing adjacent quartz crystal with stunning effect. This impressive piece, with such complexity, is nearly pristine in frontal view. It is one of the finer pieces I know of from a small series of finds in 2007. The 7.2 cm, compound quartz crystal cluster on the back right side is actually a doubly terminated scepter.
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm. An exquisite thumbnail of sharp, lustrous, dark gray, pseudo-hexagonal polybasite plates superbly accented by a 1.0 cm glassy quartz crystal. The edges are just so sharp. Ex. Joan Massague Collection.
12.2 x 8.2 x 6.5 cm. A superb cabinet cluster of perfectly water-clear quartz spikes beautifully accented with lustrous, preferentially frosted, doubly terminated baryte crystals from recent finds in Sichuan, China. The large baryte is 4.4 cm across. These quartz crystals compare very favorably to the finest from Arkansas, France or Peru, plus they have baryte. Expertly collected and very nearly pristine. This is a world-class quartz-baryte combination specimen.
5.5 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm. Highly lustrous, sharp, jet-black ilvaite crystals to 1.6 cm are very aesthetically clustered on the undulating matrix of glassy, light gray quartz crystals. The two major clusters are pristine. Specimens of this classic combination quality came out in the early 1990s, with the first flood of fine Dal’negorsk material. Very few specimens of this quality have been found since. Ex. Joan Massague Collection.
7.9 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm. Smoky quartz crystals from the Chamonix area of the Alps are amongst the most desirable and highest quality in the world. This excellent piece features a superb, complete all-around, 5.0 cm smoky quartz aesthetically surrounded by smaller crystals. The crystal is totally water-clear, has rich smoky color and has outstanding, facet-like faces. Very nearly pristine. A classic French smoky specimen from the well-known Franz Saller Collection of Bavaria.
13.9 x 10.8 x 7.4 cm. A fine cabinet specimen of intergrown, translucent, "Blanchard-blue" fluorite cubes richly and aesthetically scattered on the quartz crystal matrix from the Blanchard Mine of New Mexico. The cubes have nice purple edges and reach 1.3 cm. The photos highlight the translucency and pretty color saturations, including the purple edges. Contemporary classic material. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
share specimen![Pyrite, Quartz from Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280496a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280496a.jpg)
![Quartz from Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280532a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280532a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Rose Quartz), Albite from Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280536a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280536a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Rose Quartz), Albite from Rose Quartz Crystal Locality (Pegmatite 24), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280536b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280536b.jpg)
![Sphalerite, Quartz from Cumberland Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280539a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280539a.jpg)
![Sphalerite, Quartz from Cumberland Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280539b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280539b.jpg)
![Calcite, Stilbite-Ca, Quartz from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280554a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280554a.jpg)
![Quartz from Potrero Chico, Mun. de Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280559a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280559a.jpg)
![Pyrite, Quartz from Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280574a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280574a.jpg)
![Pyrite, Quartz from Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280574b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280574b.jpg)
![Quartz, Hematite from Yuncheng Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280590a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280590a.jpg)
![Beryl (Var: Emerald), Quartz from Dayakou, Nanwenhe complex, Malipo Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-280593a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-280593a.jpg)
![Brookite, Quartz from Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282210a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282210a.jpg)
![Brookite, Quartz from Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282210b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282210b.jpg)
![Polybasite, Quartz from San Juan de Rayas Mine (Rayas Mine; Reyes Mine), Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282246a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282246a.jpg)
![Quartz, Baryte from Jinkouhe, Ebian Co., Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282253a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282253a.jpg)
![Quartz, Baryte from Jinkouhe, Ebian Co., Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282253b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282253b.jpg)
![Ilvaite, Quartz from Bor Pit (Boron Pit; Bor Quarry), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282277a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282277a.jpg)
![Ilvaite, Quartz from Bor Pit (Boron Pit; Bor Quarry), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282277b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282277b.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) from Mt Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282288a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282288a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Quartz from Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282297a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282297a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Quartz from Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-282297b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-282297b.jpg)