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15.7 x 9.1 x 8.3 cm. This is a dramatic, doubly-terminated floater crystal perched within a cluster, itself all a floater and terminated all around. The crystal is 15 x 4 x 4 cm. The quality is mesmerizingly good, clean and sharp and glassy in lustre! The piece is at first glance pristine but admittedly has a few very minor dings. Essentially there is one small ding near each tip of the large crystal, and on the sidecar as well.
17 x 8 x 7 cm. This is a dramatic, doubly-terminated floater crystal (17 x 5 x 5 cm) with an attached cluster draping its midpoint, itself all a floater and terminated all around. The quality is mesmerizingly good, clean and sharp and glassy in lustre! The piece is pristine save for the tiniest of a surface nick (2mm) that you cannot even see in the photo, on one back face only; and for a few other almost infinitesimal dings you can only see if you look very hard for them. It is remarkable, considering the exposure the piece must have had in the pocket, to get a crystal such as this in such good condition. It’s one of the few Arkansas quartz crystals I have seen that, on any merits, stands head to head with Swiss and Brazilian material on a single crystal basis.
12.1 x 10.9 x 5.5 cm. This is another spectacular quartz specimen which I think is of a quality good enough to be in the most sophisticated of collections, and is in the top percentile of what I have seen from Arkansas over the years in terms of my taste as a collector. The crystals splay so dramatically! It is PERFECT, with no damage or dings whatsoever, remarkable for a cluster with such exposed crystals in a pocket. The lustre is BRILLIANT and the piece is much clearer than it appears in the photo.
35 x 30 x 15 cm. A huge plate of clear, sparkling, gemmy quartz points serves as host for a monstrous, long crystal hanging off the side and freestanding into space. It is properly displayed vertically, but was hard to photograph that way so we shot it on its side. The large doubly-terminated crystal is 23 x 4 x 4 cm and undamaged!
48 x 30 x 15 cm. Look at the hand for scale...this is a HUGE PLATE that is in extremely good, in fact pristine, condition. I have seen many big quartz plates over the years but few of this size extracted with such care and luck as to have no damage. It is surely a museum piece and is VERY impressive in person. Get out a ruler to see how big this is! Largest crystals are to 15 cm.
21 x 20 x 15 cm. This is a large amethyst plate from an important locality mined for specimens only in recent years, the Anahi mine high up in the Bolivian Andes. The largest crystals measure to 15 cm. While many good plates have come out, it is difficult to obtain specimens of this size that have both some aesthetics in 3-dimensions, and aren't beat to heck by the laborious trip out of the mine, down the mountains on mule, to the boats, and to the market here. This one was personally brought out by an American dealer who had the rights to an exclusive on the mine for a number of years, and controlled much of its specimen production therefore. Diligence was taken which was not always the case, under this supervision.
30 x 22 x 15 cm. This is a REALLY monstrous and surprisingly pristine amethyst plate from an important locality mined for specimens only in recent years, the Anahi mine high up in the Bolivian Andes. The largest crystals measure to 15 x 8 x 7 cm. While many good plates have come out, it is difficult to obtain specimens of this size that have both some aesthetics in 3-dimensions, and aren't beat to heck by the laborious trip out of the mine, down the mountains on mule, to the boats, and to the market here. This one was personally brought out by an American dealer who had the rights to an exclusive on the mine for a number of years, and controlled much of its specimen production therefore. Diligence was taken which was not always the case, under this supervision. Few plates of this shocking size, in good condition, can be had...this one particularly appealed to me for its 3-dimensionality as well as its condition!
7.3 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm. A UNIQUE and RARE Nevada combination specimen from the Richard Hauck Quartz Collection! Bright stibnite needles are richly included in a very sharp, water-clear, complete all-around quartz crystal. The quartz termination is very nearly pristine, with only a couple of super trivial bruises. Only one corner of the quartz is contacted. A very DRAMATIC specimen! I have never seen anything like this from Nevada.
6.5 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm. A CLASSIC, OLD-TIME and superb specimen of scintillating, specular hematite flakes richly sprinkled within very glassy, smoky beta-quartz crystals from the famous iron mines of Egremont, England. All of the crystals are damage-free on this very fine old-timer. You would be hard-pressed to find a better representation of the two species in this combination. Ex. Buckelew and Richard Hauck Quartz Collections.
4.4 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm. A very cute and pristine, elongated, purple amethyst scepter mounted on a stalk of milky quartz from the Goboboseb Mountains of Namibia. The complete all-around amethyst is highly lustrous and has beautiful gemmy areas. Ex. Charlie Key collection.
8.0 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm. A beautiful and exceptionally aesthetic Tongbei, China spessartine garnet and smoky quartz combination specimen. Yes, thousands of these pieces have come to market in recent years, but this pristine, two-sided specimen has outstanding details and balance, not to mention, much better 3-dimensionality, than most. The matrix and most of the smokies, except the terminations are covered with gemmy, orange spessartines. One end features a large, 1.0 cm, beautifully striated spessartine. The center is dominated by two nearly encrusted, glassy smokies, to 4.0 cm and the other end has two more encrusted smokies.
9.9 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm. An EXCEPTIONAL and UNIQUE Montana specimen from the Richard Hauck Quartz Collection. A highly glassy and lustrous, translucent, dark smoky quartz crystal has a dramatic, water-clear, termination, with a phantom of included, green chlorite. A spray of beautifully placed, jutting, olive-green epidote crystals is a striking accent. This is a stunning, complete all-around specimen that is very nearly pristine. More epidote sprays are hidden on the back with some feldspar. The minute edge wear on the termination is barely noticeable and is certainly not a detraction. From a very uncommon Montana locality.
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm. A very aesthetic combination specimen from the famous Yaogangxian Mine of China. A 2.7 cm, water-clear quartz spear is beautifully nestled amongst contrasting, lustrous, very sharp, tetragonal, coppery-colored freibergite crystals on a box-work matrix of pearlescent, opalized quartz. A really cute combination specimen. The freibergite was X-rayed by the University of Arizona to confirm it mineralogy. Freibergite is an uncommon sulfosalt and this is a VERY FINE example of the species from this locality.
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm. A beautiful and pristine, FLOATER rosette of lustrous, glassy, green, chlorite-included quartz crystals. This is CLASSIC, OLD-TIME material from a VERY UNCOMMON Pennsylvania locality - Blue Hill, Delaware County. Ex. Harold Arndt and Richard Hauck Quartz Collections.
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm. A rich and very showy three-sided specimen of lustrous, golden orpiment and bright red realgar on a vuggy, quartz matrix from a classic, old-time Japanese locality - the Nishinomaki Mine on Honshu. The bright orpiment stringers really set this piece off. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
share specimen![Quartz from East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153463a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153463a.jpg)
![Quartz from East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153467a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153467a.jpg)
![Quartz from East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153471a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153471a.jpg)
![Quartz from East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153475a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153475a.jpg)
![Quartz from East Coleman Mine (Ron Coleman Mine; Old Coleman Mine; West Chance; Dierks No. 4; Blocker Lead; Geomex), Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153476a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153476a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Amethyst) from Anahà Mine (Anay Mine; Anai Mine), La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153477a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153477a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Amethyst) from Anahà Mine (Anay Mine; Anai Mine), La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-153478a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-153478a.jpg)
![Quartz, Stibnite from Manhattan District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154609a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154609a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Hematite from Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154615a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154615a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Amethyst) from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154622a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154622a.jpg)
![Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) from Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154627a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154627a.jpg)
![Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Epidote from Toll Mountain Lode Occurrence, Little Pipestone District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154630a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154630a.jpg)
![Freibergite, Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154634a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154634a.jpg)
![Quartz from Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154635a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154635a.jpg)
![Orpiment, Realgar, Quartz from Nishinomaki Mine, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu Island, Japan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-154641a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-154641a.jpg)