Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - On this small pegmatite matrix a perfectly biterminated 0.4 cm pezzottaite crystal shows nicely with its bright pink color ! A nice small rock of 1.7x1.5x1.5 cm

Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, SW of Antsirabe, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar - Terminated bright pink crystal of pezzottaite on matrix. The crystal is 0.3 cm in size and shows well emerging from the book of violet lepidolite. Very nice. Overall size is 4x3.5x2.5 cm

Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia - A depcrepit galena matrix with surface coating of small smithsonite crystals also has groups, isolated crystals of the same in a pinkish brown colour up to the size of 0.8-0.9 cm ! Nice specimen of 4.3x3.1x2.7 cm in size

Huanggang Mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China - On  matrix of magnetite there is a nice coating of 3-6 mm quartz crystals and on these and among these quartz crystals there is a nice cluster of 0.2-0.5 cm genthelvite crystals ! Nice specimen of 5x3.5x2.2 cm

Huanggang Mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China - The small piece of matrix of is composed by magnetite and calcite. There is a cluster of genthelvite crystals that is composed by 2 main genthelvite having a common base ! The cluster looks like being biterminated and with a rombohedric shape. The whole measures 1.4x0.7 cm and show a nice brown color with some qurtz coating of tiny crystals. Overall size is 1.8x1.7x1.6 cm

Huanggang Mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China - Nice cluster of genthelvite crystals on magnetite ! There are almost a dozen crystals of genthelvite up to the size of 0.5 cm on the edge ! Very nice specimen. Overall size is 1.9 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm

Huanggang Mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China - Nice cluster of genthelvite crystals. There are half a dozen crystals all combined and mixed all together on a small matrix. Very nice thumbnail ! Overall size is 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm

Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy - A rare mineral from the type locality. Onoratoite derves from stibnite oxidation and shows as groups of white acicular crystals. This rock has a great cluster of millimetric crystals well visible on the edge of an open cavity. Overall size is 4x2.5x1.5 cm

Dallas Gem Mine, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA - A single terminated lustrous black neptunite crystal measuring 2.7 cm in length set on the side of matrix. No damage. Overall size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.  Ex Ralph Merrill collection

Le Cetine mine, Siena, Italy - A rare mineral from the type locality. Onoratoite derves from stibnite oxidation and shows as groups of white acicular crystals. This rock has several clusters of millimetric crystals nicely dispersed on an open cavity. Overall size is 3x3x2.2 cm