Normally as a rule, the vast majority of cerussite from Tsumeb is without associated minerals of super-strong 
color to jazz them up like this lush green specimen, which has to be one of the most striking combos from 
the mine. Gem clear and in good condition, these twins to 2 cm sit well on malachite, in fact to give you an 
idea of the crystal quality, I can see directly through to underlying malachite. Certainly rare to see such 
a lively example with exceptional contrast.

For a high-end copper thumbnail, this is a high-end cuprite! Entirely damage free specimen of the utmost 
3 dimensional form and bright red metallic sheen. The first thing to stress is the complete make up of the 
piece, if it had a single feature out of place it wouldn't be competition level. Floaters from here are quite 
unusual in smooth highly lustrous octahedral groups as the photos show, imagine ten times better in person. 
Just released from a top collection. Blood-red when backlit!

WOW, check out that Caribbean Sea-blue color! Exceedingly difficult to find since the gem trade chops up every 
usable scrap from this pegmatite, which is unfortunately what happened to this parcel of crystals before I 
rescued this exquisite gem clear indicolite. On a scale of lively bright color, only the famous Paraiba elbaites 
surpass Afghanistan material and to be fair their chromophores are entirely different. This doubly terminated pencil 
grades upward into pure electric-blue completely absent of any green overtones, and on top of that, let's not forget 
about the 100% transparency extending from top to bottom, significant value as a cut stone alone. An outright superb 
and captivating tourmaline that is among the prettiest you will ever see.

Slender white branch of silver grew to 6.7 cm from hidden calcite matrix. When easy to view and not interlocked 
sponge-like masses, these well crystallized Mexican silvers are some of the finest and brightest on planet earth, 
far more attractive than the greater number of localities which produce specimen grade silvers, in part due to 
intricately crystallized repetitive twinning known to occur here, and this elegant piece isn't too shabby. Such large 
twins are most unusual in other world wide deposits. Splendid native element!

Predominately colorless to white with slightly silky chatoyancy, these wonderfully elongated crystals stand 4.2 cm 
from matrix, but what is significant is the overall condition of the piece, no damage, not even minor chips. 
Those of us familiar with cerussite know it is a small miracle to find a pristine example. This mineral occurs in 
great variety, but for me, the habit shown is nice and somewhat atypical of the commonly seen sixling twins.

Different type of copper-rich smithsonite from here, for one the crystals are an odd shade of yellowish green 
and for another they have distinct color zoning, very unusual for the mineral. Largest rhomb measures 1 cm tall. 
Colorful well crystallized smithsonite is known from only a few locations in the world, and Tsumeb is always the 
measuring stick from where we compare, that said, this is very fine for the size range.

Deep green, sharp, highly lustrous and damage free libethenite thumbnail from the world's number one 
locality for the species. Good crystal size for the copper phosphate hydroxide.