Saturday, April 17, 2010

For sure, these crystals ore from another galaxy!

By order of appearance:

Beryl var. Emerald from a locality near Alabashka, Ural Mountains, Russia

Amazonite crystals with Smoky Quartz and Albite from Sentinel Rock, El Paso County, Colorado

Silver from Imiter Mine in Morocco

Scheelite with fluorite and muscovite from the Mt. Xuebaoding Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Province of China

Red beryl from the Wah Wah Mountains near Delta, Utah

Mimetite from San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua Mexico

Spessartine garnets from Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Sunday, January 24, 2010

More jaw dropping specimens!

Kunzite, Elbaite, Quartz and Albite
Cabinet
Nuristan
Laghman Prov., Afghanistan, Asia

Fluorite
Miniature
Dow Scar Vein, Hilton Mine
Scordale, Cumbria, England, Europe

Rhodochrosite
Small Miniature
Santa Eulalia
Chihuahua, Mexico

Neptunite
Small Cabinet
Benitoite Gem Mine
San Benito County, California

Wulfenite
Thumbnail
Los Lamentos
Chihuahua, Mexico

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Specimens with a beauty beyond this planet!

Magnificent specimens I am glad to welcome to my blog. These are jaw-dropping, breath-taking minerals, with a beauty beyond this world! Some of those are on sale by Exceptional minerals. The description of each mineral follows the order of the pictures:

Golden Calcite (CaCO3)crystal on Barite (BaSO4)from the Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee.

Gorgeous deep cherry-red Rhodochrosite (MnCO3) rhombs Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral with Quartz on Tetrahedrite matrix from the Millennium Pocket of the Fluorite raise, Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado now closed.

The gold on quartz collected from the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe county New Mexico is on sale for $45,000 USD, I am sure that the gold price of $1,160 US/oz fueled this price tag among its rarity and beauty, just affordable by affluent collectors, or by well funded museums.

Beryl var. Aquamarine (Be3Al2Si6O18)crystal sitting atop bronze Muscovite (KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2)blades from Nagar, Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas of Pakistan.

Grossular (garnet Ca3Al2(SiO4)3)), and Diopside (CaMg(Si2O6) from Val d'Aosta, Italy.