Yangshuo Mine,  Guilin Prefecture, China - Couple of large terminated plumbogommite crystals pseudomorph of pyromorphite. The crystals are up to 2.5 and 1.5 cm in size. Nice specimen !

Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA - Very nice cluster of bright green pyromorphite crystals up to 1 cm in size ! No damage to the crystals. Perfect terminations. Overall size is 2.5x2x1 cm

Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China - Very nice coverage of pyromorphite crystals. The crystals are up to 1 cm in size and shoe a great green color ! The whole surface of the specimen is covered by the pyros. Overall size is 5x2.8x2.5 cm

POLLONE MINE, LUCCA, ITALY - Nice brigth waterclear quartzes, terminated, with some 2-4 mm baryte crystals, white in color. Classic from Pollone mine, Lucca, Italy. The quartz crystals are 1.5-1.7 cm in size. Overall size is 4x3x1 cm

Wah Wah Mnts, Utah, USA - Well defined bright red beryl of 0.5 cm in size shows up on a small riolite matrix ! Nowadays are rare and uncommon ! Overall size is 2x2x1.4 cm. Weight is 15 gr. Mounted in a perky box.

Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA - The Sweet Home mine is world famous for its Rhodochrosite specimens. For those who don't know, Richard Kosnar and his father-in-law Dave Bergman mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent specimens. This piece features a predominant, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, rich pinkish-red rhombohedron of Rhodochrosite measuring 1.1 cm across that is perched aesthetically on contrasting black Sphalerite matrxi with minor Pyrite. This is an unusual Rhodo from the Sweet Home as they are not often seen on Sphalerite like this. It would make a great addition to any Colorado suite, a Rhodo collection or a suite of thumbnail. This piece is from one of the early pockets that Rich and Dave opened when they started mining in 1977. Overall size is 2x1.5x1.5 cm. Ex Rob Lavinsky coll.

N'Chwaning Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa  - Nice coverage of crystalline rhodocrosite from this well known locality ! The crystals show a nice light pink color and are up to 0.4 cm Nice color and showy ! Overall size is 4x2x1.5 cm

Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado - For those who don't know, Richard Kosnar mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent Rhodo specimens. This piece is from one of the last pockets that Rich and his mine foreman Dave Bergman (Brian Kosnar's maternal grandfather) opened before they were done at the mine. These three specimens feature a lovely pink-red color rhombohedra of Rhodochrosite; two of which have a bit of attached matrix. The crystals are sharp and well-formed with great color and translucency for the size I don't have to tell you that these pieces are selling for top dollar across the board. A worthwhile set of specimens of Rhodochrosite from this most classic of localities. Overall sizes 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm to 0.9 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm

Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru - A super rhodoscrosite specimen ! This rock hosts a biterminated rhodocrosite crystal of 1.6x1 cm in size ! Great color ! The crystal is gemmy ! Overal size is 2.7x2x2 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