Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russian Federation - A siderite/carbonate matrix is host to a complex cluster of doubly terminated nailhead pink manganocalcite. The crystals are up to 2.5-2.8 cm in size. A few tiny marks, but nice lustrous little specimen. Overall size is 4.4x3.4x2.4 cm

Rubtsovskiy mine, Altai, Russia - Bright  terminated cuprite crystals up to 2 cm on the edge. Minimal natural etching on, as typical for this species. Overall size is 2.4x2.2x1.8 cm

Rubtsovskiy mine, Altai, Russia - Bright  terminated cuprite crystals up to 1.4 cm on the edge. Minimal natural etching on, as typical for this species. Overall size is  1.5x1.4x1 cm

Rubtsovskiy mine, Altai, Russia - Cluster of bright  terminated cuprite crystals up to 1.5 cm on the edge. There are half a dozen crystals. Minimal natural etching on, as typical for this species. Overall size is 2x 1.6x1.6 cm

Rubtsovskiy mine, Altai, Russia - Clusterr of bright  terminated cuprite crystals up to 1-1.2 cm on the edge. I count more than a dozen crystals !  Overall size is 3x2.5x2 cm

Stak Nala, Northern Areas, Pakistan - A pretty little specimen of a flat lying mostly pink termination of elbaite of feldspar matrix with lepidolite and tiny fragments of garnet etc. The elbaite is 1.2 cm long. Overall size is 3.8x3.8x1.8 cm

Puiva mine, Pre Polar Urals, Western Siberia, Russian Federation - Sharp gemmy axinite crystal of 5.5x4.2x1.5 cm in size. The axinite has a great color.

Yao Ganxian mine, Chen Zxou,  Hnan Prov., China - Large terminated and partly included ferberite crystal of 4.5 cm in size. The ferberite is on a cluster of quartz crystals whose size is up to 5 cm. Overall size is 6.5x5x3 cm

Pune, Maharashtra, India - Cluster of bright green apophyllite crystals on matrix. The crystals are 2 cm on the edge ! Nice specimen of 8x5.5x4 cm

Pune, Maharashtra, India - Super cavansite crystals on a carpet of millimetric stilbites ! The cavansite crystals are chisel shaped and up to 0.9 cm in size ! A real great specimen of 7.5x7x3 cm in size.