Spécimens minéraux — 2

Light smoky quartz on a carved wooden stand showing fishbone inclusions

Light Smoky Quartz Scenic Crystal with Fishbone Inclusions

17.5 cm (6.89 in)

Pale smoky citrine skeletal crystal standing on a carved root-wood stand

Pale Citrine Skeletal Elestial Quartz on Root-Wood Stand

21.0 cm (8.27 in)

Narrow side of the etched quartz floater, showing attached crystal tips and its free-growing base

Etched Quartz Floater from Xuebaoding

5.4 cm (2.13 in) · Xuebaoding, Pingwu, China

Plate of blue-violet fluorite octahedra with white fluorite cubes from Zhejiang, China, held in hand

Blue-Green Octahedral Fluorite — Zhejiang, China

15.4 cm (6.06 in) · Zhejiang Province, China

Plate of cubic pyrite with black marmatite and quartz from Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China, held in hand

Cubic Pyrite with Marmatite — Shangbao Mine, Hunan, China

14.9 cm (5.87 in) · Shangbao Mine, China

Vivid blue fuzzy cyanotrichite balls with gibbsite on brown matrix from Guizhou, China, in perky box

Cyanotrichite with Gibbsite — Guizhou, China

2.6 cm (1.02 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Group of large white hexagonal calcite crystals from Hunan, China, held in hand

Hexagonal Calcite — Hunan, China

12.7 cm (5.00 in) · Hunan Province, China

Grey hexagonal calcite plate with small white crystal and smoky quartz from Yunxiao, Fujian, China, held in hand

Hexagonal Calcite with Smoky Quartz — Yunxiao, Fujian, China

10.6 cm (4.17 in) · Fujian Province, China

Red gem sphalerite crystals with galena on white quartz-calcite plate from Hunan, China, held in hand

Red Gem Sphalerite with Galena — Hunan, China

12.4 cm (4.88 in) · Hunan Province, China

Tall smoky quartz crystal in white feldspar from Fujian, China, held in hand

Tall Smoky Quartz with Feldspar — Fujian, China

12.3 cm (4.84 in) · Fujian Province, China

Tea-coloured radiating calcite fan on bladed calcite base from Fujian, China, held in hand

Tea-Coloured Calcite Cluster — Fujian, China

10.7 cm (4.21 in) · Fujian Province, China

Strong blue veszelyite patches across a pale rock from Yunnan, China

Thumbnail Across Pale Veszelyite — Yunnan, China

1.7 cm (0.67 in) · Yunnan Province, China

Amber-coloured baryte crystal from Jinkouhe, Sichuan, China, in a display box

Amber Baryte — Sichuan, China

3.3 cm (1.30 in) · Sichuan Province, China

Amber-brown dodecahedral andradite garnet crystal from Handan, Hebei, China

Thumbnail Amber-Brown Dodecahedral Garnet — Handan, Hebei, China

1.4 cm (0.55 in) · Handan, China

Amber caramel-coloured quartz crystal from Guangdong, China, in a display box

Thumbnail Amber Caramel Brown Quartz — Guangdong, China

2.7 cm (1.06 in) · Guangdong Province, China

Amber-gold creedite crystals on brown matrix from Guizhou, China, held in hand

Amber Creedite — Guizhou, China

4.0 cm (1.57 in) · Guizhou Province, China

Deep purple amethyst cluster on sawn base from Brazil, held in gloved hand

Amethyst — Brazil

4.5 cm (1.77 in) · Brazil

Pale pink apatite crystal surrounded by white mica blades from Pakistan

Apatite with Mica — Pakistan

3.2 cm (1.26 in) · Pakistan

Grey-green botryoidal apophyllite spire over quartz from Hubei, China, held in gloved hand

Apophyllite with Quartz — Hubei, China

6.9 cm (2.72 in) · Hubei Province, China

Apple-green pyromorphite tufts on an orange matrix slab from Guangxi, China

Thumbnail Apple-Green Pyromorphite — Guangxi, China

2.5 cm (0.98 in) · Guangxi, China