The world famous minerals at Tsumeb occur in such splendid associations and perfect crystallizations, that they 
exceed by far specimens from rivaling localities, and here is one example we rarely see. To be more specific, 
this doubly terminated rich deep blue crystal of 3.2 cm across sits on copper-rich adamite grading into dark-
green zincian olivenite. Without question, there are some fantastic azurite combinations from the mine, 
all the more reason why I believe this distinction ranks with some of the finest, and justly so! Unique!

Remarkable three part mineral specimen of complete, slightly etched by nature, crystals forming an outstanding 
3 dimensional interlocked small miniature. These attractive orange and not pink serandites illustrate how strong 
the top color can be on some crystals, or in this case number one locality for the species, but that's not all, check 
out the dark red manganoneptunite perched at the intersection of contrasting analcime. Magnificent group 
without damage.

Extraordinary benitoite, one of only a handful in existence. The facts boil down to a single feature, and that is its 
triply terminated crystal of 1.9 cm tall aesthetically placed on matrix. Think of this main crystal as being doubly 
terminated or a near floater because that is pretty much what it is without falling off matrix, INCREDIBLY difficult to 
find in this quality. For some reason crystals pinch out in their surrounding white natrolite, and an almost doesn't 
count to be considered great, but when you are paying this kind of money there better be something about the 
piece which gives it that extra boost. All retain value, yet it is the legendary bright blue that commands premium prices 
as advanced collectors search endlessly for that ultra fine example. This awing triangle has THE shape from all sides 
as few do making the piece extremely aesthetic in a modern sense of the word; however, in terms of rarity, I place 
strong emphasis on the size of the crystal, speaking only about triples here, many only grew to less than 1 cm in size, 
a big difference. As I previously stated, the two dominant features of sculptural appeal and crystal size are key to 
world-class status. Such treasures have been a classic mineralogical collectible for a century, so we can be quite 
certain of the limitations, after all the mine is now on the verge of being extinct. Extraordinary piece of 
California history, no damage!

Cozzodisi, the greatest of the crystal producing sulfur mines, has no other locality with to compare. The well 
formed lemon drop yellow crystals scream of color against contrasting white background, in this case 
the faint outline of calcite replacing large hexagonal aragonite adds greatly to the piece. Sulfurs only reach 
1.5 cm, but it is very showy and a large plate in person. 15 x 6.5 cm, no damage.

Easily one of the nicer fluorite with quartz associations from the area in the size range, that I can recall seeing. 
A limited number have been offered, lately, yet out of those all were lacking such a long gemmy tapered 
quartz prism. No damage to either crystal.

Great rock! Something you don't see very often is this atypical red tipped barite specimen from the Palaiokamareza 
mine, Laurium, Greece. The large protruding cluster of 10.4 x 9.2 cm along with this mixture of red and white really 
sets off the crystals, most tend to be solid brownish red. These old barites, undoubtedly among the most distinctive 
from anywhere, come from ancient workings. In good condition.

Clear, pristine, sharp, gem crystal of cerussite from Tsumeb. Neat smoky phantoms line the inside of 
this high quality thumbnail of exceptional clarity and form.