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We are offering the following specimens chosen at random from our extensive inventory. The specimens are classified as "COLLECTOR" pieces. We have other specimens at varied prices. Please email or call for a complete list. Watch this site for added specimens each month.

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last updated 7-12-03


a00. EPIDOTE
Hashupa, Pakistan (26x12x7 mm-22 carats)
A transparent, facetable crystal of a nice green and not too dark so the pleochroism can be evidenced.

$75.00


a1. APATITE
Churka, Pakistan pink (32x23x10 mm-47 carats)
Medium pink, transparent tabular piece with one larger, a tight stacking of smaller crystals and brilliant luster.

$155.00


a2. APATITE SOLD
Durango, Mexico-yellow (26x6x5mm-12.1 carats)
A flawless facet grade prism of exceptional form and brilliant luster.

36.00


a3. BERYL SOLD
Wah Wahs, Utah red (9x7x7 mm-4.5 carats)
Nicely terminated, deep red crystal with a tiny bit of matrix near base.

$325.00


 

SOLD
a5. BERYL, EMERALD
Columbia (9x3 mm-2.1 carats)
Double terminations on this little beauty. One termination is complex and flawless while the other half of the crystal has an incomplete termination and some matrix adhering to the piece. Medium green with brilliant luster.

$175.00


a6. BERYL, EMERALD
Columbia-medium green (12x12x10mm-14.4 carats)
This crystal is very clean and could be faceted with a simple flat pinacoid termination.

$325.00


a7. BERYL, AQUAMARINE
Pakistan medium blue (45x10x8 mm-54.6 carats)
Beautiful as any finished gem, this crystal has brilliant luster, wonderful color and the top two thirds are flawless and the bottom third has some wispy inclusions. Technically it is doubly terminated with the top a basic pinacoid and the bottom healed over growth.

$875.00


a8. BERYL, AQUAMARINE
M.G. Brazil (52x19x12mm-55 carats)
This is a completely etched crystal that looks like a fetish of a Horus. Covered with fine etch marks and mostly flawless-80%. Has a very light frosted look with some brilliant luster, good color.

$455.00


a9. BERYL, AQUAMARINE
M.G., Brazil (52x14x12 mm-67.2 carats)
A fine lighter blue and with a nice complex termination. A single fracture runs through the center of the piece from top to bottom otherwise it would have been flawless. Nice rainbows from the fracture.

$345.00


a10. BERYL, GOLDEN SOLD
Pakistan yellow (40x16x14 mm-69.9 carats)
Very pretty tapered crystal with the termination being complex and lightly etched and the sides more deeply etched, with good to high luster flawless.

$335.00


 

SOLD
a11. BERYL, EMERALD
(8x4x4mm-?? carats)
This little beauty has the very finest color and is doubly terminated with good luster.

$170.00


a12. BERYL, GOLDEN
Kunar, Afghanistan (25x12x8 mm-18.2 carats)
Doubly terminated and with highest luster and nearly flawless. One termination is a perfect pinacoid and the other is half a pinacoid with a little bit of matrix and one little chip where the matrix came off.

$165.00


 

SOLD
a13. BERYL, GOLDEN
Pakistan (28x14x10mm-32 carats)
This beauty can rival any finished stone for brilliance and clarity. It is doubly terminated and flawless with one complex termination and a flat base.

$305.00


 

a14. DANBURITE
Charca, Mexico (27x19x10 mm-35 carats)
A nice wedge shape termination and very clean.

$35.00


 

SOLD
a15. AZURITE
Tsumeb, Namibia-royal blue (14x4x3mm-3.35 carats)
Very rare transparent prism with high luster and fantastic color.

$55.00


a16. EPIDOTE
Pakistan-greenish amber (22x15x4mm-14 carats)
A pretty crystal with flattish stacked faces like a cityscape.

$45.00


a17. EPIDOTE
Pakistan (21x13x5mm-19 carats)
Transparent, amber-green crystal with fine form and transparency, with one slightly smaller twin formation on a basically flat crystal, with a small fatter twin at the base. Could also be a cutter.

$70.00


 

a18. CLINOHUMITE
Russia-orange (9x8x6mm-3.97 carats)
Extremely rare crystal of this material could possibly be cut, but what a waste.

$150.00


a19. EPIDOTE
Hashupa, Pakistan green (57x13x6 mm-36.2 carats)
This piece could also be cut. It is a longish crystal with good luster and would make an interesting piece of jewelry.

$110.00


  SOLD
a20. EUCLASE
M.G., Brazil colorless (25x18x8mm-30 carats)
A facet grade colorless crystal of this rare species with a perfect termination.
$95.00

a21. GARNET, ANDRADITE
origin unknown (15x15x15mm-28.4 carats)
A complete euhedral crystal with intricate growth patterns on some of the faces, and mirror bright luster. Appears black but is deepest brown. Would be fantastic as a ring stone.

$95.00


 

a22. GARNET, HESSONITE SOLD
Asbestos, Quebec-orange (15x15x12mm-26.2 carats)
Gorgeous, transparent crystal with fantastic ridged growth patterns on the faces, not quite a complete crystal. Has a much smaller attached crystal attached to the bottom. Again, would make a glorious ring stone.

$275.00


a23. CORUNDUM, RUBY SOLD
Afghanistan pinkish red (15x7x5mm-9.1 carats)
A nice doubly terminated, atypical ruby with a couple of tiny pieces of white marble adhering to the otherwise well-formed faces with good luster.
$120.00

a24. CORUNDUM, RUBY SOLD
Hunza, Pakistan (7x5mm-2.75 carats)
Shaped more like a garnet, this is a multifaced pinkish red crystal with brilliant luster.

$35.00


a25. CORUNDUM, RUBY
Hunza, also (10x4x4mm 1.9 carats)
Transparent pink-red dipyramid with high luster and two tiny black flecks on one side.

$25.00


 

a26. CORUNDUM, RUBY
Jagdalik, Pakistan (13x10x10mm-18 carats)
A many faced oddball, more like a Spinel, and of a nice lighter pink-red, with good overall luster.

$80.00


a27. CORUNDUM, RUBY
Afghanistan-pink/red (10x9x7mm-9.8 carats)
The base of this crystal seems to have been attached, otherwise all the faces are intact and have a high luster.

$60.00


 

SOLD
a28. CORUNDUM, RUBY
Sri Lanka-deep red (11x6x4mm-2.9 carats)
Shaped like a Sapphire with one end being very sharply pointed and the other being only half of the pyramid. Wonderful color and transparency. Could be cut.

$195.00


a29. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
Hunza, Pakistan. The next ten crystals are all from this location. They are all a pleasing grape-purple color. This one is (19x11x5mm-17.6 carats)
This crystal is the only one not to be euhedral (i.e.: doubly-terminated or complete with multifaced form) this comprises a larger crystal with a smaller one by its side and has an irregular surface basally, with a bit of shimmer from silk. Luscious color.

$65.00


 

SOLD
a30. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(14x7x7mm-10 carats)
Good color and luster. Is fatter at one termination.

$40.00


a31. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(11x4x4mm-5.2 carats)
Double terminations, slightly offset at the midpoint of the crystal and good color and luster.

$35.00


a32. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(11x6x5mm-7 carats)
Nice color and a double terminated barrel-shape with one end a little fatter. High luster overall.

$35.00


a33. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(10x9x5mm-6.3 carats)
Looks like a slightly distorted Spinel with great color and good luster.

$35.00


 

SOLD
a34. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(10x8x5mm-7.4 carats)
An even more distorted Spinel shape this time and again good color and luster.

$25.00


a35. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(10x7x9mm-6.5 carats)
Same description as a34.

$25.00


a36. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE SOLD
(7x6x3mm-3.9 carats)
A squarish shape with good color and luster.

$20.00


a37. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(11x5x4mm-3.85 carats)
Shaped like a spent bullet.

$25.00


a38. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
(8x4x4-2.7 carats)
Slightly distorted barrel-shape with more transparency than the others.

$20.00


 

SOLD
a39. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
Sri Lanka-deep blue (15x3x2mm-2 carats)
Superb color and transparency on this flawless little toothpick. One perfect termination.

$135.00


 

a40. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
Hunza (8x5x5mm-5 carats)
Forgot this little bicolor (delicate pink and light grape) barrel with high luster.

$35.00


a41. DIOPSIDE
Tanzania pastel green (12x7x5mm-3.47 carats)
This little beauty is mainly a bright lustrous termination with great luster and a very pleasant color.

$45.00


a42. DIOPSIDE
China-light green (15x5x4mm-4.56 carats)
Beautifully terminated, transparent crystal with very light veiling on one side.

$65.00


 

SOLD
a43. QUARTZ, CITRINE
(10x20x9mm-10.9 carats)
This is one of the neatest little quartz crystals I've ever seen. The center crystal is a pale etched cytrine scepter with two doubly-terminated flawless deeper yellow scepters attached to the sides of the fat end of the inner crystal. A triple scepter? I guarantee you'll never see another. Looks like a lobster.

$95.00


a44. QUARTZ SOLD
Herkimer County, NY (18x8x6mm-29.6 carats)
A perfect flawless herkimer with two small inclusions just under the surface. One appears to be a stationary bubble in a water pocket with a bit of carbon. I hesitate to call it an enhydro when the bubble doesn’t move.

$45.00


a45. QUARTZ, ROSE SOLD
M.G. Brazil (21x26x20mm-77 carats)
A gorgeous spray of deeply colored crystals with excellent luster and transparency.

$55.00


 

a46. TOURMALINE SOLD
M.G., Brazil blue tipped green (48x7x5mm-19.7 carats)
Flawless crystal with superb color and the lightly etched complex termination has the merest touch of blue. Except for the termination, the crystal has overall brilliant luster.

$235.00


a47. TOURMALINE
M.G. Brazil-bicolor (36x5x4-11 carats)
The complex termination is pink and the remaining 60% base is deep green. It is clean enough to facet and has excellent luster.

$150.00


a49. TOURMALINE
M.G. Brazil-seafoam green (11x7x5mm-5.57 carats)
Flawless with pointed termination, brilliant luster and unusual light green color. The termination is lightly etched and the crystal is dichroic.

$75.00


 

SOLD
a50. TOURMALINE
M.G., Brazil bicolor (15x7x7mm-9.1 carats)
This little beauty is short and fat and although the termination is nodular and there is a tiny fracture right at the base, the crystal is brilliant with pink/orange and yellow/green colors and a very tiny crystal inclusion right in the center. Could be a fabulous ring stone.

$150.00


a51. TOURMALINE
Chita Oblast, Russia bicolor (20x15x10mm-28.8 carats)
Pink and orange with a super sharp three face termination. The base is pink and included, while the upper two thirds are very clean. Slightly striated sides and high luster.

$225.00


 

a52. TOURMALINE SOLD
M.G., Brazil extra fine pink (40x10x8mm-33.2 carats)
Some random etch marks on the sides and a slightly pointed termination with brilliant luster and deep color. Facetable.

$295.00


a54. TOURMALINE
M.G., Brazil pink/red Rubellite (57x9x9mm-56 carats)
Not a cutter, but a beautiful crystal with exceptional color. The termination is flat and much deeper red color right at the termination.

$425.00


 

a55. TOURMALINE SOLD
Tanzania dichroic Dravite (12x13x12mm-19.3 carats)
Looks more like a garnet with intense dichroism brown/orange and fine green. Two faces are slightly gouged otherwise a perfect euhedral crystal and flawless to boot. Has a very discernible crystal inclusion right in the center. This would be a great men's ring stone.

$150.00


a56. RUTILE
M.G. Brazil-deepest red (11x9x8mm-24.24 carats)
Rare crystal of very fine form and highest luster which appears metallic. Needs strong backlighting to see the wonderful color.

$150.00


a57. ZOISITE, TANZANITE SOLD
finest purple/blue dichroic colors (24x18x8mm-40.4 carats)
Although not quite a cutter, this crystal has brilliant luster and opulent color with a fine complex termination and a very slight twinning tendency. Purple through the broadest axis and blue through the narrower. Would lend itself to a stunning pendant.

$925.00


 

SOLD
a59. ZOISITE, TANZANITE
Merelani, Tanzania-fine blue (11x9x8mm-9 carats)
This one is a very multifaced termination, and therein lies it’s main attraction. Fantastic color and luster. Rivals cut stone and is cuttable, but who’d want to.

$275.00


a60. ZOISITE, TANZANITE
Merelani, Tanzania-light blue/purple (11x8x7mm-10.5 carats)
This one is notable for two burst of silver Rutile in its colorless, sharp, pointed termination. The bottom is heavily included.

$140.00


 

SOLD
a61. ZIRCON
Norway, deep orange brown (25x14x12-60.2 carats)
Herkimer like with extra fine form and color.

$85.00


 

SOLD
a62. VESUVIANITE (IDOCRASE)
yellow (16x9mm-16.8 carats)
Choice double terminated crystal, with one termination being tipped with raspberry and good transparency, without being a cutter. Rare and choice.

$115.00


a63. VESUVIANITE (IDOCRASE)
yellow pink highlights (36x10mm-33.6 carats)
A well terminated and more included crystal than a38, with brilliant luster and a pinkish termination.

$125.00


a64. DIOPSIDE
China green (15x11x5mm-13 carats)
Extremely rare in this quality. A wide, transparent, facet grade crystal with lightly etched termination and otherwise high luster.

$175.00


a65. VESUVIANITE (IDOCRASE)
Asbestos, Quebec (14x2mm-3.3 carats)
A matched pair of point terminated green crystals. Perfect for dangle earrings, brilliant luster.

$35.00


 

a66. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-green (11x2mm-2.25 carats)
A tiny high luster crystal with a great transparent termination. One earring?

$20.00


a67. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-yellow green (10.5x5.5x3mm-4.1 carats)
A pretty little dagger, also maybe an earring.

$25.00


 

a68. VESUVIANITE
Val d’Acosta, Italy-deeper green (19x5x5mm-6.2 carats)
A flat termination with two partial terminations lower, so it has a stacked effect. Has high luster and is transparent.

$45.00


a69. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-greenish ellow (10x5x5mm-4.2 carats)
Beautiful, brilliant crystal, with complete transparency and wonderful termination. Has a smaller twin at center of crystal.

$55.00


a70. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-dark green (11x4x4mm-3.85 carats)
Doubly terminated with brilliant luster and medium transparency.

$30.00


a71. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-yellow (12x6.5mm-14.4 carats)
Pretty good transparency, with brilliant luster and a nice termination, with a 2mm crystal growing on the termination. The smaller termination is pink. Pink highlights or hints elsewhere on the crystal.

$100.00


a72. VESUVIANITE
Asbestos, Quebec-yellow with raspberry blush (15x11x11mm-25.4 carats)
This crystal has a 2mm crystal just over halfway down from the termination, and it is pink. These crystals are odd because the pinkish colors are so subtle. The termination is broad and sharp. The more solid pinkish hue, not as transparent near the base.

$120.00


a73. GARNET, ALMANDINE
unknown locale (16x16mm-25.8 carats)
The beauty of this crystal is the exceptionally brilliant luster and euhedral nature, as the color is very dark. The faces are sharp, but there is an etched area that extends partway around the mid section. This piece would be very suitable for a man’s ring.

$30.00


a74. PERIDOT
Dasu, Pakistan line green (20x9x9mm-17 carats)
Lovely crystal with good luster (lightly etched) good transparency, color and termination.

$125.00


 

a75. PERIDOT
Dasu, Pakistan-bluish green (16x14x8mm-22.7 carats)
This one is notable because of its Ludwigite acicular inclusions, which make it appear dark and opaque. It has a dull matte finish and only remarkable when backlit.

$85.00


a76. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL SOLD
Ouro Preto, Brazil apricot (20x12x8mm-20.52 carats)
Beautiful saturated color with an excellent pointed termination and clean enough to get a pair of stones if you wanted to butcher it.

$350.00


 

a77. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE
Sri Lanka-pale blue (32x13x8mm-24 carats)
End to end twin resembling a scepter, with the smaller skinny end being colorless and the wide flat end pale blue with dark blue inclusions resembling small blue puffs. A nice crisp piece, although slightly alluvial.

$180.00


a78. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE RESERVED
Sri Lanka-pale blue (21x8mm-13.4 carats)
A sharp ended perfect dipyramid, with very interesting growth patterns and a bright orange streak (5mm long) at the center or waist of crystal. Very slightly waterworn, but still has some luster.

$45.00


a79. CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRE RESERVED
Sri Lanka pale blue (19x9mm-11.4 carats)
A single high luster crystal with nice color. The other end shows a lot of silk and could probably be polished and show a nice star. Has a couple of small blemishes on one face.

$65.00


a80. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL
Ouro Preto, Brazil golden (32x25x10mm-33.2 carats)
A very bright, perfectly terminated crystal, with great transparency, although not for cutting. Superb luster and very crisp, perfect faces.

$160.00


 

SOLD
a81. CHRYSOBERYL, ALEXANDRITE
Miami, Zimbabwe (15x10x9mm-15.3 carats)
A partial sixling that is opaque, except to very strong backlighting in a couple of places. Color change is purplish raspberry to green. The Alex from this site is considered to have superior color change. The luster of the crystals is flat and the back is rough.

$35.00


 

SOLD
a82. GARNET, TSAVORITE
Merelani, Tanzania grass green (10x9x8mm-7.2 carats)
Extra fine and almost complete. This crystal has sharp faces and brilliant luster and is one of the most beautiful I've seen and unusually large to boot. Most Tsavorite is found in nodule or "potato" form.

$300.00


a83. BERYL, AQUAMARINE SOLD
Tres Barras, Brazil - medium blue with green (54x14x18mm-142.65 carats)
A fine doubly terminated, completely etched crystal, that appears clean enough to be faceted. Covered with beautiful lustrous etch marks. Would make a striking and substantial pendant.

$1,210.00


 

a84. ZOISITE, TANZANITE SOLD
Meralni, Tanzania-purple blue (31x24x12mm-60.9 carats)
A twin crystal, with one crystal being larger and the other extending from the side. Termination is very sharp, with a great deal of clarity and transparency. Through the broadest axis the crystal is the classic purple, and the narrower axis is beautiful clear blue.

$1,220.00


 

SOLD
a85. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL
Ouro Preto, Brazil (23x9x6mm-13.2 carats)
Flawless pink/orange crystal with brilliant luster and classic structure. Has flat extension extending 2mm out and 4mm up. Choice.

$165.00


a86. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL
Ouro Preto-orange with pink zone in center. (14x9x6mm-11.2 carats)
This one could be faceted, but there is a small fracture. The ephemeral pinkish color in the center make this one worthwhile for a delicate pendant.

$110.00


 

SOLD
a87. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL
Ouro Preto (12x7.5x5.5mm-7.4 carats)
This crystal has the most pink and the deepest color, however it is more included. A lovely crystal for a dainty piece.

$55.00


a88. TOPAZ, IMPERIAL
Ouro Preto (19x5x5mm-11.4 carats)
A tad lighter in color, more squared in shape, with a slightly sloped termination. This one is flawless and has high luster.

$115.00


a89. TOPAZ SOLD
Kazakhstan - orange amber (22x13x11mm-27.2 carats)
A double terminated crystal, with great color and completely flawless and good luster. It has the slightest bit of wear on faces.

$81.00


p1. BERYL, AQUAMARINE SOLD
Dassu, Pakistan (10x1cm-37.9 carats)
A rare and beautiful "pencil" crystal that is doubly terminated and flawless. The base has some included tiny black crystals, and the other end tapers and is lightly frosted, otherwise the luster is superior.

$600.00


p2. BERYL, EMERALD SOLD
Jos Plateau, Nigeria (7.5x.5cm-18.1 carats)
Another extremely rare "pencil" crystal and flawless. Flawless Emeralds are unheard of and the pencil shape with a complex termination adds to the rarity.

$3,100.00


 

p3. BERYL, YELLOW SOLD
M.G., Brazil (6.5x.5cm-17.3 carats)
A fine "pencil" of flawless yellow beryl from the same collection as the previous two.

$150.00


 

d1. PERIDOT
Dasu, Pakistan-lime green (17x15x8mm-19.1 carats)
This piece is more flat, whereas a50 is columnar. The termination is excellent and flawless. The color on these pieces is exceptional.

$135.00


 

d2, d3, & d4. BERYL, EMERALD SOLD
unknown locale (each are roughly 8x4mm-1.2, 1.7, 1.45 carats)
The finest emerald green.

Each
$150.00


 

d5. TOPAZ SOLD
Katlang, Pakistan-deep, deep pink (18.5x10x8mm-18.5 carats)
Incredible color and saturation mark this rarest of gem crystals. Pink crystals are on the market, but you won’t see anything like this. Three crystals were found, with two being around this size and one large one in two pieces, which went for big bucks. I’m keeping the third for myself. Could be cut, but was saved from that fate. The termination is complex and the luster is brilliant.

$1,500.00


 

d6. TOPAZ
Kazakhstan-cider color (16x10x8mm-12 carats)
Has a nice sharp termination and one tiny negative crystal inclusion near base, otherwise flawless.

$36.00


 

d7. TOPAZ
Kazakhstan-orange brown (17x11x10mm-22.8 carats)
Has a fine complex termination, great color and luster, and one small veil in termination, but hardly visible.

$67.00


d8. TOPAZ
Kazakhstan-orange amber (17x10.5x9mm-19.4 carats)
This crystal has the deepest color, highest luster and best termination, but has an internal fracture so is not flawless. A really super crystal.

$50.00


2. APOPHYLLITE
Poona, India green (30x13x13 mm-34 carats)
Excellently formed prism with double terminations, one a sharp point and the other multi-terminated with brilliant luster.

$95.00


 

7. BERYLSOLD
Wah Wahs, Utah-red (10x9mm-1.8 carats)
Fine color and transparency with a single termination.

$90.00


 

24. CHRYSOBERYL
M.G. Brazil-golden green (25x10x7mm-18.5 carats)
A fine little crystal for wire wrap with high luster.

$85.00


 

25. CHRYSOBERYL SOLD
Espirito Santos, Brazil (30x15x7mm-32 carats)
Transparent, honey-brown crystal with Rutile inclusions and high luster.

$95.00


 

SOLD
26. CHRYSOBERYL
Espirito Santos, Brazil (22x11x6mm-20 carats)
Honey-brown and doubly terminated with a matte luster. Could be cut.

$75.00


 

27. CHRYSOBERYL SOLD
M.G. Brazil-golden green (20x13x1mm-24.47 carats)
A rare sizling with four well-developed spokes, excellent luster and transparency. Has a brownish spot in the center. Really gorgeous.

$195.00


28. CHRYSOBERYL
M.G. Brazil-honey to yellow (14x7mm-7 carats)
Fine bright crystal with a good termination and luster.

$35.00


 

SOLD
38. PHENAKITE
Anjanabonina, Madagascar (3 small terminated prisms 12 carats)
A very popular "New-Age" mineral.

$40.00



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