Chrysoberyls from Brazil are not known for their beauty, even the marvelous and shockingly good sixlings found by Allan 
Caplan in 1940. They pretty much have everything a gem crystal collector could want except flaming color. The other 
type I'm holding here was found in superb elongated twins that came from another exceptional find in the state of 
Bahia. This top-of-the-line "V"-shaped group is without contact points or abrasion, but instead naturally faceted into 
a series of stepped faces at midpoint representing a MUCH more gemmier and aesthetically formed cluster than 
normal. The lustrous coffee-brown body glows from under its gem skin and is music to the eyes. In order to illustrate 
this point we inserted two quality photos of each side. Exceptional chrysoberyls were and still are difficult to find. 
This, well-known specimen, disappeared from the collector community until a friend of mine tracked it down. 
It ranks quite high for the species. No damage.

EXQUISITE golden heliodor, flawless and gemmy as could be in person! Not even the slightest sign of any inner defects 
allow 100% dispersion of light from tip to tip in this awesome pencil with nice tapered ends. Rare to find. The 
hexagonal side faces are as straight as an arrow too. Perfect gem crystal with lots of punch to it!

A dynamite small cabinet matrix specimen from recent production. This nicely mounted GEM fluorapatite is quite an 
eyeful of beauty. Rarely do crystals from here come in pleasing shades of pink as opposed to the dark blue. As 
important as that is, it needs more to make the piece a to-die-for rock, and that would be the beyond average glassy 
faces and virtually flawless 2.3 cm jewel placed at top. Exceptional clarity so much so you can read newspaper 
through it! No damage.

The Little Three mine was named after the partnership of the original three owners. This mine and nearby Hercules 
dike have provided what many collectors consider to be the best matrix spessartine. No other locality in the 
world quite matches the look of these gem orange fireballs plopped on handsome white clevelandite and schorl. 
This large 3.3 x 3 cm garnet has almost no corrosion and is near end-member composition, such bright pure crystals 
remain relatively rare. Louis Spaulding Jr. mined this piece during the mid 1970s, from there it was taken out of the 
U.S. and sold to a private collector in Europe who prefers anonymity where it has been hiding ever since, perhaps 
some 35 years! I will however release the name to the buyer. The price is net.

About as perfect and equally developed pinwheel-shaped rose quartz as you will see. It is, with quartz, necessary 
to filter through the enormous amount of so so material. This well formed type of spray is rare enough to really 
appreciate and would make an excellent addition. From a new find, 4.7 x 4.4 cm.

This large dodecahedral chocolate-brown andradite to 4.7 x 4.2 cm is particularly pleasing for Mali garnet. They poured 
out of the country at intervals and occur in a wide range of hues; however, the majority of these were displaying ugly 
off green hues at the time of production, opposite of this sharp-edged crystal. Very fine in person.

Simply a killer full sized cuprian adamite thumbnail featuring several crystals to 1 cm over hard quartz matrix. This almost 
wet looking green saturation redefines the species, with the next best locality not even in the same realm. Gorgeous!