TRT68AO8: Group of very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals, with very marked parallel growths, translucent, with good luster and an intense orange color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals and Cassiterite. The specimen comes from a little-known locality that had its moment in the years when Russian minerals were just emerging on the mineralogical market, but about which little else became known later.
Tenkergin Mine, Iul'tinskiy Mining Complex, Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.93” × 1.34” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”

SV290TFX: Globular Malachite aggregates, one of them clearly dominant, with a velvety appearance, deep green color and satiny luster, with an outer layer of a lighter tone in a matrix partially carpeted by a multitude of olive-green crystals of Libethenite, which stands out for its intense luster.
The specimen is from the collection of the Bally Museum in Switzerland, with an attached label that gives the species as “Lunnite” (old German name for Pseudomalachite). Recent analyses have confirmed that it is Malachite, whose results and old label we will send to the buyer.
Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 5 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.97” × 1.46” × 1.18”

MF27AL3: Doubly terminated polycrystalline growths of bright, translucent crystals, with a vivid and uniform color, implanted inside a fossil bivalve shell in matrix.
Chernomorsky Mine, Eltigen-Ortel' Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.65” × 1.54” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.51” × 0.39”

NE74AJ8: A native Gold pebble, complete and bright from one of the most classic gold localities in Russia.
The sample is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 71 in the volume 24, number 3
Asachinskoe deposit, Kamchatka Territory  Russia

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.43” × 0.16”

TP16H3: Doubly-terminated prismatic crystal of neat and sharp faces and edges, having a deep amber color and on a little rocky matrix, which confers to it a special elegance. From a new locality not yet well known.
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbrus Mountain, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region  Russia (09/2005)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 2.13” × 0.79” × 0.51”

MT66AL5: Very aerial crystals of prase Quartz with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical tapered shape of local specimens, deep in color, on matrix, with small Andradite crystals.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.7 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 1.46” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1 cm = 1.18” × 0.39”

DR67AC4: Aggregate of crystals that have polycrystalline surfaces and with the tapered shape typical of the samples from the locality. The sample, very aerial and esthetic, is bordered, at the base, by small Andradite crystals. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.56” × 2.17” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2 cm = 2.28” × 0.79”

TX47J3: This prismatic crystal has an extraordinarily intense color, red with mauve shades. It has a magnificent definition of faces and edges and also magnificent are the luster and transparency.
Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07-08/2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TX98Z3: Parallel growth of crystals with very well-defined faces and edges, perfect terminations, translucent, bright, and with an intense and deep color, red with mauve shades.
Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (06-07/2013)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.02” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.55”

MX89AK6: Elbaite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with perfect terminal faces, with pyramid and pinacoid forms. The crystal, translucent and bright, is a different color from those known to date in this pegmatite, with pinkish-yellow tones that accompany the usual red color that is very intense on the terminal faces.
Sosedka vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (2019)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.87” × 0.83”

TD94AG4: Group of crystals in parallel growth, translucent, very rich in terminal faces, whose color is between olive-green and honey brown and that are partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Oktyabrskaya vein, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.68” × 1.61” × 1.30”

TE13H3: Magnificent color. Crystal is multiple prism but terminal faces, being complex, are less definite and bright. Note the esthetic position on the matrix of Mica and Quartz. Among the best samples from this locality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2020, page 61
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (07/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.1 × 5.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.61” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.42”

EH89AI5: Elbaite (rubellite variety) with simple and very well defined faces and edges and a very smooth pinacoidal termination. It is translucent, bright, has a very intense and uniform color and it is with a tiny Feldspar matrix with leafy Mica aggregates.
Mokhovaya pegmatite, Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia (±2004)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.99” × 0.94” × 0.91”

EX74AH6: Two single Elbaite (rubellite variety) crystals, one of them doubly terminated and hemihedral. The crystals are with Albite and tabular Muscovite crystals and are translucent with an intense reddish-pink color with stripes of slightly yellowish shades.
Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 6.9 × 2 cm = 2.72” × 0.79”

MA98AA9: Single crystals with very well defined faces and edges, one of them clearly dominant. They are transparent, bright and with a very intense color, with deeper color zoning on the terminations. On Albite matrix, they have better transparency and luster than usual for the samples from this locality.
Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.65” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 0.98” × 0.39”

ME14AM7: A complete floater crystal of Andradite with elongated dodecahedron shapes, very lustrous and with a deep black color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, indicating that it was in the Melanson collection.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.43” × 0.39”

EV57AK7: A nugget of considerable size that still retains in some areas a few rounded cuboctahedral faces, and enclosing remnants of Quartz matrix. The specimen, which comes from Michel Jouty's collection, has been depicted in the magazine Mineral Observer, vol. 24 (3) of 2019, p. 71, figure 4, in an article about Ste. Marie 2019.
Siberia  Russia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.30” × 0.55” × 0.75”

FF9I0: A floater, doubly terminated and complete. It is formed by two prisms and a pyramid truncated by the pinacoid. A few years ago Wiluite was considered a variety but actually is now recognized as a species.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia (±1987)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.83” × 0.79”

NC87AJ8: Pair of Wiluite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and with an olive Green color. A Russian classic from the type locality for the species that is from the Carlos Prieto collection whose handwritten label we will send to the buyer.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 1.22”

CG16D5: An eudral Grossular from the Wilui river, an area that is famous for the Wiluite species but that also provides great Grossulars such as this one.
Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”

NFX87XXX: Group of three isometric crystals of Wadalite, on matrix, which have been replaced by Hydrogrossular–chlorite–carbonate while preserving the clean faces and edges of the original crystals, of light grayish-greenish tones. Wadalite is a rare calcium halogen-silicate with chlorine, belonging to the feldspathoid family, this uncommon mineral forms in skarn or hornfelsed limestone assemblages. Wadalite crystallizes under high-temperature conditions during contact metamorphism and calcosilicate metasomatism in chlorine-rich environments, where reactive magmatic fluids interact with carbonate rocks.
No less interesting is the provenance of this piece: The Vilyui River region, in central Yakutia, is known for its extensive alluvial deposits and periglacial formations. The area hosts important diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes and secondary mineral assemblages formed under extreme continental cold conditions.

Vilyui River Basin, Vilyuysky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia)  Russia

Specimen size: 7.0 × 5.0 × 4.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.8 cm = 1.26” × 1.10”

M61DHA5: amethyst quartz with very aerial crystals and an unusual habit well positioned on the matrix.
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic  Russia

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 6.5 cm = 2.76” × 2.17” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.38”

HA29K6: The specimen is from a very uncommon locality. It is rounded but has diffuse crystalline forms on the back.
Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.43” × 0.31”

MXP91XXX: Polished section of basaltic rock, in this case a gabbro rich in Ilmenite, Olivine (group), Anorthite (labradorite variety) and Clinopyroxene, in which a group of globules scattered in the matrix stand out, very bright and with sculptural forms, of native iron, an element very rare on Earth both on the surface and in the mantle, but which in this remote locality in northern Siberia has produced very interesting specimens.
The genesis of this type of specimen is due to the presence of a carbonaceous layer in contact with the gabbro.
Khungtukun Massif, Malaya Romanikha River, Khatanga, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 4.0 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.34” × 0.87”

MA89AE7: Cubo-octahedral Sperrylite crystals, a rare platinum arsenide much desired by collectors. The crystals, which have very well-balanced faces of the cube and octahedron, are well-defined, very bright, and on a Chalcopyrite matrix.

Talnakh forms part of the Noril’sk–Talnakh metallogenic district, one of the largest magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide complexes in the world. The mineralizations are associated with mafic–ultramafic intrusions related to Siberian Traps magmatism (Permian–Triassic), emplaced within the Putoran Plateau. The sulfides are concentrated in massive and disseminated bodies, with typical species such as Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, and Pyrrhotite, together with numerous platinum-group minerals, notably Sperrylite.

Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.50” × 0.71” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”

EM86Y5: Magnificent cubo-octahedral Sperrylite crystals that are very sharp, elongated, with very well defined faces and edges and on a Chalcopyrite matrix.
The sample is from the Michael Shannon collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 0.83” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EB9G4: Magnificent! Extremely rare crystals of this scarce natural alloy of Palladium, Tin and Copper. The little crystals are on the backside of an elongated crystal of Sperrylite, very well defined and bright and enhanced by the metallic matrix.
Oktyabr'skoe deposit, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai  Russia (1997)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.28” × 0.12”

TFR68AO6: Parallel growth of two Sulphur crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with parallel growths, good luster and a very vivid color. On matrix, with transparent scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Vodinskoe deposit, Samaraskaya Oblast, Povolzhsky Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.15” × 1.89” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

NLR67AO5: Two doubly terminated Fluorapatite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a yellow-green color, on a matrix of pink Calcite.
The specimen comes from the collection of Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and '90s, put together an excellent collection with a very good representation of the mineralogy of northern Spain.

Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6 × 3.2 cm = 3.03” × 2.36” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1 cm = 1.61” × 0.39”

TM26E4: I have never seen other Rutiles like this one. I do not know if other similar specimens exist, but I guess that if they do they would be from a "once and only" find. Everything about it is distinct; not just the form of the Rutile crystal but also the termination; and then on top of that the rather rare orange Calcite that hosts it.
Slyudyanskoe deposit, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.10” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.28”

EZ46F3: A new locality for Andradite that strangely has the same name (Asbestos) as the Canadian source. The dodecahedral crystals, which are very well developed, have edges that are chamfered. The color is deep and the brilliance is good. These characteristics make them notably different from Andradite from other localities.
Bazhenovskoe deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia (10/2003)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 2 cm = 2.76” × 1.97” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

EA47Y0: Aggregate of bright and very well defined crystals with perfect terminations and very well marked phantom growths, with deep shades of color easily visible on terminations, and a clearer color on prismatic faces.
Bazhenovskoe deposit, Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 3.98” × 2.09” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1 cm = 1.30” × 0.39”

AB14AL8: Group of Andradite crystals on matrix, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron and lustrous black color with brownish reflections. Of excellent quality for the locality.
Berezovskoe Deposit, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.85” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

TXA88XXX: Group of prismatic and terminated Crocoite crystals, of extraordinary and vivid red color, so deep and uniform that it stands out on a whitish massive Quartz matrix, offering a spectacular color contrast. It comes from the Berezovske gold deposit, type locality, among other species, for Crocoite, discovered and described for the first time in the 18th century and which led to the discovery of the element chromium.
The specimen, which comes from the Ángel Roldán collection, stands out both for its beauty and for the history behind the finding of a mineral in its type locality.
Berezovskoe Deposit, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”

TP16J3: Crocoite occupies most of the specimen surface forming very plate crystals of extraordinary color and luster. Vauquelinite is, in the picture, at the right side and forms small but very well defined crystals of dark olive green color. The specimen is from the type locality and actually it is very difficult to obtain good samples from there today.
Berezovskoe Deposit, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”

ER94AL5: Crocoite crystals with a very different habit to that of the Australian Crocoites, with a very short prism and almost equidimensional, on matrix, with small deep green Vauquelinite crystals. The specimen is from the type locality for both species.
Berezovskoe Deposit, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5 × 2 cm = 3.07” × 1.97” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.24” × 0.24”

TTB46AP7: Pyromorphite crystals with a prismatic shape, good luster, and an intense green color, on matrix, with small Crocoite crystals.
The specimen, from the type locality for Crocoite, comes from the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and is accompanied by an old handwritten label which we will send to the buyer.
Berezovskoe Deposit, Uspenskaya Mountain, Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovsk Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.54” × 0.98” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.08” × 0.04”

ERP91AQ1: Individual crystals of Beryl (emerald variety) between transparent and translucent, with good luster and an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
Very old piece with more transparency than is usual in emeralds from this locality.
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.64” × 1.26” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

ERB69AP0: Beryl crystals (emerald variety) with very sharp crystal forms, growth interruptions and some with twisted growth. Intense chrome-green color and on Phlogopite matrix.
A Russian classic.
Krupskoye deposit, Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.44” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2 cm = 1.93” × 0.79”

EXM87AQ1: Beryl crystal (emerald variety) with a rough termination (but without fractures) between transparent and translucent, lustrous, with an intense and uniform color, on a Phlogopite matrix.
The specimen comes from the Thomas P. Moore collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.10” × 0.43” × 0.39”

TR64H8: At first, due to the locality and the micaceous matrix, we thought it was Phenakite. The correct analysis indicates it is Fluorapatite. The crystal has well defined faces and edges and is on a black mica matrix.
Malyshevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.50” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.8× 2.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02”

THJ86AN4: Pale blue Topaz crystal very rich in crystal forms and with excellent terminations, transparent and lustrous.
We will send the specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, in the original Perkins box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Murzinka Mine, Sarapulka District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.83” × 0.79”

TTA69AP9: Topaz crystal with very sharp crystal forms and of gem quality, transparent, with very good luster and a very uniform and especially intense blue color. With a small ding in one of the corners of the pinacoid termination.
Alabashka pegmatite field, Yuzhakovo, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.71” × 0.67”

TR76V4: A rich crystalline surface of dodecahedral crystals larger and more isolated than usual in such samples. They have very well defined faces and edges, a deep and intense green color and they are very bright and on matrix.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia (2010)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

MC37AH2: Very sharp dodecahedral Uvarovite crystals that are very bright with a very deep color. Some of them are more isolated and larger than usual for the locality. They are on a rocky matrix.
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya (Sarany), Gornozavodskii, Perm Krai, Ural  Russia

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.5 × 2.1 cm = 3.74” × 2.17” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

TP76D8: Large well defined undamaged crystals that are well positioned on the Mica matrix. Pleasing price-quality balance.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.93” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.43”

AY98P4: Group of crystals, the main one doubly terminated, on matrix and with Calcite crystals. The specimen has the highest possible quality for the locality.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (04/2000)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.34” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.59” × 0.35”

MF37X7: Very sharp laminar Brookite crystals, some of them with fractured edges, something very typical for Dodo mine samples. They are on a doubly terminated Quartz crystal, very rich with inclusions and with fibrous aggregates of an unidentified amphibole.
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1998)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 3.23” × 2.36” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

E93AF: Free standing and well formed single crystal of Anatase with some other minor crystals as well. Very showy!
Lapcha Mine, Neroyka Mountain, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1995)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 5.5 cm = 1.77” × 2.17”

EC87AE5: Quartz crystals in parallel growth with very well defined faces and edges, transparent and bright, with inclusions, and with an intense yellow color that has areas of different color intensities and shades.
Olkhovka, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (05-06/2010)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 4.53” × 1.38” × 1.06”

EQ96F2: This crystal, which has well-defined contours, intense color and brilliance, has grown surrounded by Anorthite. It stands out from the darker matrix, which is very rich in Mica. The Mica has not been analyzed, but information on the locality suggests that it might be ferroan Phlogopite.
From the David Lucas collection, number 147, and we will give the buyer his label.
Rai-Iz (Raiz), Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.78” × 2.95” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.38”

TE29AH5: Very sharp, floater and complete Axinite-(Fe) crystal with very well defined faces and edges, completely transparent and with a good smoky color, very uniform.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.39” × 0.08”

S170SA0: Brilliant, transparent and partially cover with Chlorite this is one of the Russian Axinite-(Fe) specimens which have gained wide acceptance as the best in the world.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia (1995)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 cm = 2.95” × 2.36”

LM77AE5: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of sharp flattened crystals that are between transparent and translucent, very bright, with inclusions, and that have a dark plum color with mauve shades. Russian Axinite-(Fe) specimens were famous for their size, deep color and sharpness of the crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos Millan collection (catalog #8123) who’s computer card we’ll send to the buyer. Previously it was in the Silvane collection.
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumen Oblast  Russia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.97” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”

MXE96AP3: Elongated prismatic Kyanite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, transparent, lustrous, and intense blue, on a matrix of Muscovite (fuchsite variety).
Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District  Russia

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.61” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.08”

EK68H1: Pseudocubic crystal with complex faces due to development of multiple pseudo-octahedral forms covering them. Crystal is very bright and is on a matrix of small crystals of Clinochlore.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2006/1.
Perovskitovaya Mine, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District  Russia (11/2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.71” × 0.71”

MX53AE6: Very elongated Staurolite crystals with dodecahedral Almandine crystals all on a leafy Muscovite matrix. The crystals are untwined, which is very unusual, and are very bright with a very deep brown color. Among the best from the locality.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 82, in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 347 in the volume 93, number 4, Jul/Aug 2018, and in the book "Minéraux - Le Guide des Passionnés" (page 401)
Keivy Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia (±2000)

Specimen size: 17.8 × 12.2 × 3.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.80” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.4 cm = 1.97” × 0.55”

MA88AL4: Eudialyte crystals, one of them clearly dominant, on a Calcite matrix, with highly profiled faces and edges and very lustrous, translucent, of an intense red color with mauve tones. A Russian classic of higher quality than usual.
Eveslogchorr Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region  Russia

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.4 × 5.6 cm = 3.27” × 2.13” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EA51AA4: Floater aggregate of very sharp and bright Isoferroplatinum crystals. They are cubic and slightly beveled by the dodecahedron. The sample is from one of the great classic localities for this species, from which almost exclusively come well crystallized samples.
Konder Massif, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya District, Khabarovsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.20” × 0.16”

TPA90XXX: Group of parallel tabular Baryte crystals, perfectly defined, with elongated terminations, very lustrous, and with numerous inclusions formed by small Marcasite crystals.

The Belorechenskoe Deposit is located in Maykopsky District, Republic of Adygea, on the northwestern flank of the Western Caucasus. It is a hydrothermal antimony–mercury deposit characterized by Stibnite, Cinnabar, and their oxidative alteration products such as Valentinite and Kermesite. The mineralization formed through low-temperature hydrothermal systems related to tectonic and magmatic activity within the Caucasian arc.
Belorechenskoe deposit, Maykopsky District, Adygea (Republic of Adygea)  Russia

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.0 × 5.0 cm = 3.35” × 3.15” × 1.97”

EH93AI8: Twinned Cassiterite crystals with very well defined parallel growths. They are between transparent and translucent, very bright, have a dark brown color with golden reflections, and they are on matrix, with Muscovite and a white Albite crystal. Exceptional for the locality.
Merekski District, Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.77” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

EM66D5: A beauty from Rudny, this twinned, clear, and sharp crystal shows the typical luminescence of the best specimens from this locality.
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.18”

TAM16AO1: Very sharp and shiny disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystal, with Arsenopyrite crystals and on a metallic matrix,
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.26” × 0.94” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

TXA66AP9: Druse of very sharp Calcite crystals with the dominant forms of a trapezohedron, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform yellow color.
With the usual quality for what is known from this locality, but with a very different crystallography.
Sokolovskoe Mine (Sokolovskiy Mine), Rudny, Kostanay Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 14.7 × 11.2 × 8.2 cm = 5.79” × 4.41” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.98”

TB36F2: The crystals are quite well-developed for this mineral species and they form a very aerial group, which has not been altered or coated in this fine sample.
Shaft 65, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 1.10” × 0.79”

S177S: Very unusual crystals of Bornite on quartz - we have never seen another specimen with this crystallography from this locality. Well positioned on the quartz and esthetic.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (1997)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.77”

MJ66AN0: Group of Bornite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with bright luster and blue metallic iridescence, on a Quartz crystal matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

EV87AG0: Very sharp and platy Chalcocite crystals with a black color and blue metallic reflections. They are on a rock matrix with small white Calcite crystals. A classic from Kazakhstan, each day scarcer.
The sample is from the René Hubin collection from Neupré in Belgium, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.4 × 2.1 cm = 3.62” × 2.13” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

ED89Y6: Finely striated polycrystalline Djurleite crystals. They are very bright and are with Bornite and on Quartz. This sample was sold by us some years ago and analyzed at that time, so, we’ll send a copy of this analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 11, volume 39, number 5, May 2014
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Shaft 57, level 180, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (1998)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.40” × 1.81” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.43” × 0.39”

EA88K8: Crystal with a very sharp tetrahedral habit, of well-defined faces and edges, uncommon with Sphalerite, and with flat faces without curvatures or striations. The color is quite good, so the crystal has an excellent contrast on the Quartz crystal martrix.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.95” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

EF14M2: Fine miniature. A floater formed by spherical aggregates of lenticular Azurite crystals with an excellent color and luster. The specimen is from a recent find (2007), pretty unusual since the secondary copper minerals from this mine are not well known.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 461 in the volume 53, number 4, July-August 2022
Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.22” × 0.94” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

EJ46M2: Groups of radiating to arborescent Azurite crystal growths contrasting with the Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite growths. The specimen is from a recent find (2007), pretty unusual since the secondary copper minerals from this mine are not well known.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 191 in number 2008/3.
Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TF73AL5: Very aerial aggregate of needle-shaped Cosalite crystals, a sulphosalt of lead and bismuth, rare in quality collection specimens. The Cosalite crystals, with good terminations and luster, are covered with transparent Fluorite crystals. This piece comes from the Rock Currier collection (no.6166), whose label we will send to the buyer.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Cosalite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 05/2024, page 13
Solnechnoye Mine, Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.61” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 0.7 cm = 1.61” × 0.28”

TR17K9: Group of crystals with dominant octahedron and cube. Violet color and large size, on a layer of small Muscovite crystals.
Kara-Oba area, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.70” × 2.64” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.32” × 2.24”

FR16AM5: The characteristic cuboctahedral Fluorite of Kara-Oba of dark violet color on a doubly terminated Quartz of a snow white color which gives a special contrast. The sample comes from the Jan Buma collection (num. 920301) and we’ll send the card of the collection with it.
Kara-Oba area, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 12.6 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 4.96” × 1.77” × 1.57”

DC89AJ0: Parallel growth of very sharp Quartz (smoky variety) crystals. They are partially doubly terminated, transparent, very bright, with inclusions, and are on a matrix of crystallized Ferberite with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kara-Oba area, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 10.3 × 5.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.13” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.24”

MBM88ASN1: A floater leafy Baryte crystal, translucent and slightly yellowish, forming clouds and internal lines parallel to the edges of very defined faces and vertices, flattened and crossed by several Stibnite crystals.
The specimen comes from the collection of Bill & Diana Dameron (number 699), whose label will be sent to the buyer of the specimen. It comes from an antimony deposit in Kyrgyzstan.
Kadamzhay Mine, Fergana Valley, Alai Range, Osh Oblast  Kyrgyzstan

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.89” × 1.14” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 0.3 cm = 1.85” × 0.12”

TW14AL8: Group of dodecahedral Magnetite crystals with the secondary triangular shapes of the octahedron and, in general, with sharp faces and edges and great luster. On matrix and with small acicular crystals of Epidote.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dashkesan deposit, Dashkesan, Dashkesan District  Republic of Azerbaijan

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.91” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

TR37AL7: Flattened crystal between translucent and transparent with a fibrous appearance and a pearly luster and with curious very aerial polycrystalline recrystallizations. The specimen, of great quality for the species, comes from the prestigious Rock Currier collection (No. 6722), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Pamir Mountains, Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan  Tajikistan

Specimen size: 10.3 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm = 4.06” × 0.91” × 0.31”