Mineral Wonders

I think this is a better view ..A older specimen from the more uncommon Hotazel Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa This exceptional Rhodochrosite on Manganite presents vermillion to carmine red, shield 🛡 shaped aggregates of small tabular crystals as captured in the accompanying picture The piece presents well from multiple angles with an undulating terrain informed by the manganite base over which the rhodochrosite has formed a layered as a uniform deposit about 3 mm thick.This produces the effect of countless variegate sparkling reflections of light from literally hundreds of individual flat trigonal plates. Under glass individual crystal aggregates are highly translucent to nearly transparent with internal refraction of light. Mindat reports that fan shaped aggregates from this area are believed to be extremely rare.This specimen was acquired directly from Clive Queit back in the heyday of the early 1980s and has been stored in a protective cabinet ever since.The crystallization is unblemished but for some minor abrasion around the perimeter, most likely as a consequence of its handling at the mine as is often the case with soft minerals, this small amount of edgewear Is to be anticipated, and is very minor and hardly a distraction Size:32 x 25 x 16 mm. Ex Coll. Clive Queit ..a notable South African collector currently in the collection of Mineral Wonders

Chrysocolla psudomorphed bladed Azurite crystals along with separate generations of Quartz some with iron oxide staining from recent finds in Tenke-Fungurume area DRC Congo Collection

(You wont find any Sulfur on Aragonite this large in usa) from.the famous Cozzo Disi Mine was a major sulphur mine in Sicily until its closure in 1988. According to Badino et al. (2015) underground explorations have been ongoing since 2013 to find the “Grande Garbera”, a karst cavity that holds extremely large gypsum crystals. This cavity has eluded explorations due to the fact that the 3rd level where the cavity is located is partially flooded and the main entrance was deemed too unstable to get too. Badino et al. (2015) reported that in 2014 another expedition was able was to successfully reach the 4th level DIMENSIONS : 22 X 21 X 8 CM WEIGHT: KG. 3.100 Collection of Mineral Wonders

Top Hematite included dogtooth Calcite with a contrasting second generation of white poker chip Calcite from Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico Available pm

These beautiful new brucites from Pakistan are among the most colorful examples known for the species. The intense highy chatoyant yellow color has never been seen from any world locality. This large sculptural cabinet sized specimen features several very attractive, lustrous, translucent, alluring yellow colored group of brucite crystals aesthetically perched atop a contrasting white Hydromagnesite matrix. The fantastic color combined with the internal gemminess and wonderful radial form makes the piece highly desirable and eye-catching. Although there were many of these pieces on the market a few years ago, there seems to be less of them out there recently. Typically these kinds of discoveries produce a limited number of pieces.From Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan Collection of Mineral Wonders enjoy

Variscite from Lucin Mining District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA Size:67x60x49mm Collection of Mineral Wonders but available $135

Available Rhodochrosite on Manganite from Kalahari Manganese fields South Africa

Sold. Top sparkling botryoidal Rhodochrosite with A single Isolated crystal of Shigaite from Wessels Mine Kalahari Manganese Field South Africa 🇿🇦 Available for your consideration from the collection

These beautiful new brucites from Pakistan are among the most colorful examples known for the species. The intense yellow color has never been seen from any world locality. This large sculptural cabinet sized specimen features several very attractive, lustrous, translucent, alluring yellow colored group of brucite crystals aesthetically perched atop a contrasting white Hydromagnesite matrix. The fantastic color combined with the internal gemminess and wonderful radial form makes the piece highly desirable and eye-catching. Although there were many of these pieces on the market a few years ago, there seems to be less of them out there recently. Typically these kinds of discoveries produce a limited number of pieces.From Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan Collection of Mineral Wonders available $975

From a one time find in India unique color and habit of Apophyllite there are only a handful of these specimens found this is a extra large cabinet display available for your consideration from the collection...details are as follows A huge Group of Fluorapophyllite-(K) crystals, some doubly terminated, with Stilbite on matrix These specimens were found in 2006 in Bidkin Well, Bidkin, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India a small Indian village, when they were drilling a water well. They found a cavity totally covered with them. The color is unique to this find There is an interesting article in the Mineralogical Record magazine (39:267-273). This specimen is huge 9x6 inches with fantastic astectics! Collection of Mineral Wonders but available $475 shipped within usa

Lost Lake azurites are certainly some of the most unusual azurites from any locality, and there is no denying how attractive the very best pieces are. The precipitation of the copper carbonate azurite onto the sandstone matrix created these round concretions a remarkable specimen available for sale

Cobaltoan Calcite from Bou Azzer Mine Morracco available for your consideration from the collection 56x52x46mm $135 shipped