Welcome to our mineral section.

Here are our minerals currently being offered. As soon as one is sold, we will mark it as such but leave it up on the web as a reference for other people in the mineral world. :)

Please click the photos for more photos of the specimen and also for larger photos as well.

 

Chalcanthite € 30

Troulli, Larnaca District, Cyprus

Slightly backlit specimen of Chalcanthite from the Witkam Family collection. Very beautiful, copper blue colour.

Locality is given as 'Troulli, Cyprus'.

4cm or so long.

Dioptase € 55

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

 

A very intriguing, large, single crystal of Vanadinite that is slight hollow. Very good condition and very unusual in terms of form and size.

 

2cm-2cm-2cm

Vanadinite € 55

Mibladen, Morocco

 

A very intriguing, large, single crystal of Vanadinite that is slighlyt hollow. Very good condition and very unusual in terms of form and size.

 

2cm-2cm-2cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zircon € 15

Helgeroa, Vestfold, Norway

H:2cm x W:2cm x D:1cm

Quite an unusual, compressed zircon from this small locality. Locality is given as 'Helgeroa, Norway' and I assume it is the Mindat locality 'Salbutangen, Helgeroa, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway'. Nice orange-ish colour. This is the only zircon of this locality apparently on the Web. I wonder if this is because the locality is quite small.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scheelite € 50

TaeHwa Mine, Ne Chung Ju, Korea (Republic)


H:3cm x W:2.7cm x D:3cm


A really lovely grouping of Purplish scheelite crystals from the famous (And closed) Tong Hwa (Tae Hwa) Mine in South Korea. One large central crystal and several joined, smaller crystals. Very nice condition.

 

 

 

Benitoite & Natrolite € 70

Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California.


Size: H:4.5cm x W:2.5cm x D:2cm



Lovely, gemmy partial crystals of gem-quality benitoite on natrolite.

 

 

Danburite & Pyrite€ 100

Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico


L: 5.5cm W: 4.5cm H: 2cm

Amazing specimen of shiny, transparent danburite with interesting groupings of pyrite on the crystals. Also possible spheres of siderite on the bottom of the specimen (Which seems to be covered

in a coating of possibly opal.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Apatite€ 55

SLUDYANKA, LAKE BAIKAL SOUTH COAST, RUSSIA.


L: 7cm W: 3cm D: 3cm

A really lovely and large (For this locality) specimen of rich, Aquamarine-blue apatite crystal.

Very shiny (I think this is due to some mechanism of formation) and very gemmy, with a lot of inclusions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mimetite var Campylite€ 105

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Cabinet (10 cm+)
Size: H:17cm x W:7cm x D:4cm

Description

Extremely large specimen of mimetite var campylite from the classic Dry Gill Mine.

Quite nice in person and certainly makes a presence in the display cabinet. There is some damage on the piece but over all, the crystals are in very nice condition.

 

 

 

 

Apatite in Talc € 55

Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India


Size: H:7cm x W:5cm x D:5cm

Crystal: 2.5cm


Interesting specimen of apatite in Talc from India. On the internet, the locality I could find for Apatite in Talc mentioned is Udaipur, India. Very gemmy larger crystal and several smaller ones. Apple Green-Yellow colour. Stress fractures inside of the apatite but very gemmy nonetheless.This is the only specimen I have ever seen like this.

 

 

Apophyllite, Stilbite and Heulandite (?) € 20

Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India

Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: H:9cm x W:7.5cm x D:4cm

Description
A very sparkly specimen of apophyllite double-terminated crystals with minor stilbite on a base of what I believe to be heulandite. The apophyillite also has a number of crystals included with some sort of chlorite mineral. The crystals seem to be in lovely condition. Purchased by the Witkam Family in 1975.

 

Wolframite & Quartz€ 25


 

Size: H:3.5cm x W:4.5cm x D:4cm

 

Quite an interesting piece. On the outside, there are some shiny crystals of wolframite but the really interesting part is on the inside of vugs in the specimen. There you will find blades of wolframite being 'eaten' by the quartz (Var Chalcedony) and small masses of chalcedony as well. Extremely fascinating to photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

Andradite Garnet (Var Melanite)

€ 30

San Benito Peak, San Benito County, California, United States of America


Size: H:2cm x W:5cm x D:1cm


Beautiful, glistening black andradite garnets, variety melanite. Large, well terminated crystals in very good condition. San Benito County, California.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cobaltoan Calcite, Mottramite & Cerussite€ 55

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia

H:4cm x W:6.5cm x D:4.5cm

Lovely, light pink cobaltoan calcite from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. Associated with it are mottramite and small cerussite crystals. The calcite crystals are quite complex, with a sort of velvet-like finish that are actually numerous crystal faces

 

 

 

Azurite€ 40

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia

Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: H:3.5cm x W:1cm x D:2cm

Description
Beautiful, gemmy crystals of azurite from the classic Tsumeb Mine. Very glossy and brilliant. Some crystals are completed and terminated, some not, no damage in terms of dropping or whatnot. The tiny white spots that can be seen on the crystal faces are actually dust. The crystals themselves are extremely glass in terms of prism faces. The Witkam Family Collection.

 

Bayldonite & Calcite € 45

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia

H:3cm x W:3cm x D:2cm

Description

Very interesting specimen of sharp bayldonite with calcite from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia.

Some of the calcite is actually included with the bayldonite.

Purchased by the Witkam Family in 1975