From Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, MoroccoLustrous specimen with several cavities lined with intersecting translucent deep violet purple erythrite crystals. Beautiful color contrast with rich purple colored and a high luster, sparkles from every angle.  Crystals magnified have lightly striated faces.   1.2 lbs, 4.25 x 2...

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with pale-pink color due to manganese-rich impurities.   5 lbs, 8 x 6 x 4 inches

From Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia Lustrous translucent blue lazulite crystals in white matrix with several partial lazulite crystals around the sides.   20.8 grams, 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 inches

Aesthetic beautiful cluster of lustrous translucent "tangerine" quartz crystals. The color is caused by a thin layer of iron oxide inclusions throughout the cluster. There is beautiful coloration of crystals on this spectacular plate with nice variety in crystal sizes.    5 lbs, 9.25 x 2.5 x 8 inches

From Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China    Showy cluster of bright metallic chalcopyrite crystals with vibrant golden yellow to reddish purple color on matrix lined with white quartz crystal cluster plate. The chalcopyrite are in contact twin formation with bright and lively color with highly reflective luster.   4.6 lbs,...

From Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China   Aesthetic stalactitic formation of translucent tanish-orange scalenohedral calcite crystals. The calcite has a wet luster with sharp well defined surface composed of many parallel cubic crystal faces.   2.45 lbs, 10.5'' x 3'' x 2.75''

From Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, MoroccoLustrous specimen with several cavities lined with intersecting translucent deep violet purple erythrite crystals. Beautiful color contrast with rich purple colored and a high luster, sparkles from every angle.  Crystals magnified have lightly striated faces.   1.2 lbs, 4 x 3...

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with pale-pink color due to manganese-rich impurities. 5.2 lbs, 7 x 4 x 5.5 inches

From Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Aesthetic stalactitic formation of translucent tanish-orange scalenohedral calcite crystals. The calcite has a wet luster with sharp well defined surface composed of many parallel cubic crystal faces.   2.8 lbs, 10.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 inches

from Sar-e-Sang, Kokscha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan   Deep blue cluster of lazurite var. lapis lazuli crystals on marble matrix with calcite crystals. The lazurite has well defined crystals edges with rich blue color throughout. 363 grams, 5 x 2 x 2.5 inches

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with pale-pink color due to manganese-rich impurities.   7 lbs, 8 x 4.5 x 6 inches

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with pale-pink color due to manganese-rich impurities.   7.8 lbs, 10 x 2 x 6.5 inches  

From Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, MoroccoLustrous specimen with several cavities lined with intersecting translucent deep violet purple erythrite crystals. Beautiful color contrast with rich purple colored and a high luster, sparkles from every angle.  Crystals magnified have lightly striated faces.   3.40 lbs, 4.5'' x 4.5''...

From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China   Translucent lustrous deep red spessartine garnet cluster on microline albite matrix with fully terminated smoky quartz with high luster and gem translucent.   2.25 lbs, 6 x 3.5 x 3 inches

Dhofar 020 stony chondrites are by far the most common type of meteorite to fall to Earth: about 80% of all meteorites and over 90% of chondrites are ordinary chondrites.They contain abundant chondrules, sparse matrix (10–15% of the rock), few refractory inclusions, and variable amounts of Fe-Ni metal and troilite...

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Translucent pale-pink crystals of sharp flattened rhombohedral manganoan calcite in parallel formation. The calcite crystals have lustrous crystal faces with pale-pink color due to manganese-rich impurities.   13.2 lbs, 11 x 3.75 x 6 inches

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico Large cabinet specimen of acicular vivid green crystals of brochantite lining one side of gray matrix. The brochantite crystals are emerald-green colored with hair-thin needle crystals in intersecting formation.   13.2 lbs, 11 x 10 x 3.5 inches

From Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Plumose translucent pink calcite. The pink color of the calcite is caused by manganese impurities and these are frequently labeled as manganocalcite, an obsolete mineral name.   7.5 lbs, 7 x 4 x 8 inches