Tirol, Kitzbühel, Hochfilzen

White, glossy, short spear-point crystals to 1 cm coating matrix, 7x7.5 cm overall.

Sofia, Kremikovtzi (Kremikovtsi, Kremikovci)

Several forms and colors occur in the mines of Kremikovtzi: the brown blades in parallel groups to 2.5 cm are fairly distinctive (6x6 cm specinen); glossy thin tabular blades to 1.3 cm, nice modified faces, dark yellow--gold, 2.8 cm specimen; stalactite with thin dark yellow/olive blades, 6.5 cm tall. These groups of white sparkling chisel blades to 4 cm sold as form Drujba mine, Plovdiv but A. Dikov says the specimen is from Kremikovtzi (likely correct).

• The white glossy doubly terminated blades above are to 3.5 cm;
• The British NH Museum piece is stunning, transparent tabular crystals, golden brown to 4+ cm, zoned;
• Clear spray of chisel tipped crystals to 2.5 cm collected in 1899, but many others date from the 1700s;
• 4 cm single crystal (actually doubly terminated) capped with hematite-stained dolomite crystals and some pyrite inclusions;
• Dark honey-colored group of crystals (to 2+ cm, doubly terminated) with tiny balls of pyrite and pyrite inclusions, but a terrible old repair job virtually impossible to repair;
• Slightly blue tabular crystals (Josef Vajdak specimen), 2+ cm, with calcite;
• Clear crystals on a thin matrix, 2.5 cm (collected 1760, Josef Vajdak specimen);
• Group of parallel chisel shaped crystals on salmon-colored matrix (Vajdak specimen, collected 1790), about 2.5 cm each, heavily included with pyrite.

Lozère, St-Etienne-de-Valdonnez, Buisson mine

Very pale yellow (occurs also as milky) crested blades in "pompons" to 2.5 cm on sphalerite matrix with tiny quartz crystals, 5x7 cm overall. See LeRM #71 and for an in-depth article and lots of pictures, LeRM #90, p. 5-16.

• Large (6+ cm) unmarred translucent chisels with attractive zoning, 5.5x7 cm;
• Grey/brown opague pointed to flat translucent chisel blades, brown inclusions, some zoned, to 1.8 cm, 3.5x4 cm;
• Dark grey somewhat rounded chisel shaped crystals to 1.5 cm with tan inclusions/tips, 6x6 cm;
• Clear yellow tabular crystals to 2 cm, some zoning, in this 10 cm group.

Lower Saxony, Harz Mts.

Exact locality still unknown; this stalactite with white, tooth-like crystal groups to 1 cm is 5.5 cm tall. Tiny black flecks in crystals. Fairly old label just says Harz Mountains; can you help? See Home Page for contact information.

Small (0.8 cm) green rosettes of barite blades on tiny chatoyant brown siderite blades.

• Clear thick tabular 3 cm crystal with tiny galena inclusions;
• Clear tabular crystal group 4 cm tall coated with quartz crystals and tiny pyrite balls;
• White cockscombs to 1.5 cm with tiny fluorite cubes and sphalerite, Hunterian M&AG, coll. 1830s-40s. Thomas Brown (d.1853) label: St. Rupert's, near Freiberg (Freyberg);
• Another Brown specimen in the Hunterian: reddish stained fluorite & barite crystals to 4 cm "bought at a sale in 1850," labeled Freyberg.

• Typical gemmy coffin shaped crystal 4 cm, with many smaller ones and "notches" in crystal edge. Dark amber color, lustrous with somewhat duller large pyramid face. Group 5x6 cm;
• Typical gemmy coffin-shaped crystals to 2+ cm in 9 cm group;
• Heavily coated tabular crystals to about 3 cm in large group (George Gerhold specimen);
• Thick white/reddish tinged blades to 5 cm with fluorite, and unusually acanthite (Cal Graeber specimen);
• Amber/golden zoned fat crystals to 9 cm.

Gold 6x4 cm crystal with quartz on large matrix. Seaman specimen, mine not specified. Zoned tabular light gold/brown crystals to 1.5 cm on good quality fluorite crystals are reported. This old specimen in the Hunterian M&AG is from the Christie collection (1917) and labeled Annaberg, Erzgebirge. Crystals to 1.5 cm. Picture taken in less-than-ideal conditions.

Piemonte, Torino, Ivrea, Brosso mine

• Classic yellowish-green, translucent pointed tabular crystals with phantoms, to 2+ cm in 7 cm group;
• Golden, transparent, zoned tabular crystals to 2 cm in 7 cm group;
• Spiga specimen, 18 cm plate with crystals to 9 cm;
• Spiga specimen, 30 cm plate, crystals to 8.5 cm;
• The same 30 cm specimen with detail showing the large crystal (to 8.5 cm) group in the middle;
• This specimen of Giorgio's is 26 cm, with crystals to 6.5 cm;
• Detail of above 26 cm specimen;
• Giorgio's "Mont'e Mesu King," found in 1985 by Lillino Canè with the largest good crystal ever found in the area: a 17 cm crystal on this 24x27 cm specimen;
• A floater with two crystals, 7.2x6.7 cm;
• 30x20 cm specimen of Giorgio's with crystals to 11.5 cm!;
• Detail of crystals on the above giant;
• 25x35 plate, Spiga collection, with crystals to 9 cm.

• Doubly terminated “coffin” prismatic crystal 2x6 cm, translucent gold on two faces, frosting on two others, with other crystals, in 7 cm group;
• Three thick, pointed. tabular, yellow quite translucent crystals in a group, with frosting just under the surface on the "back" and some pyramid faces. High luster, 6.5x7 cm. Ex Tiziano Bonisoli.
• Spiga collection, 17x14 cm plate with coffin-habit crystals to 6 cm;
• A floater, 7.5x7x4 cm, Spiga specimen
• Another floater of Giorgio's, 9.5x6 cm;
• 14x13.5 cm very attractive floater, Spiga specimen;
• Another fantastic specimen of Giorgio's, 17x12x5 cm, apparently a floater, good luster on both sides.