Amazing Gems and Minerals

Chiron52 said:

Come on Goldie unpack them buggers and give us all a look at them.
Please?

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Ditto :Y: :beer:

Chain of Halite cubes from Canada


Azurite geodes from Russia


Crystals of Rhodochrosite with Flouritefrom USA


Emerald crystals on matrix from Afghanistan


Green Elbaite crystals on terminated Quartz crystal from Brazil

I'm going to post multiple examples of Aquamarine.
(I have so many).


Aquamarine crystal from Brazil



Another Aqua from Brazil


Aquamarine crystal on Muscovite matrix


Aqua crystals with Muscovite and Albite from Pakistan



Aqua, Muscovite and Albite from Pakistan



High quality Aqua from Pakistan


Natural Aquamarine crystal from Pakistan


Aqua with pink Apetite from Pakistan


Museum quality Aqua on Muscovite from Pakistan

Tourmaline crystals -

Coloured Tourmaline from Pakistan


Cranberry Tourmaline from Brazil


Intense blue coloured Tourmaline from Brazil


Green Tourmaline cluster from Brazil


Large Elbaite Tourmaline from Afghanistan


Large Liddicoatite Tourmaline from Vietnam


Multi coloured Tourmaline from Pakistan


Multi coloured Elbaite Tourmaline from Aghanistan



Natural Rubelite Tourmaline crystal


Tourmaline crystal from Badakhshan in Pakistan


Tourmaline on Quartz from Afghanistan

All these pictures are awesome. Keep them coming :Y:

The last of my Tourmaline pics -

Super gemmy piece of Watermelon Tourmaline from Afghanistan



Terminated blue cap Tourmaline crystal from Afghanistan



Tourmaline in matrix with Smoky Quartz from Afghanistan


Tourmaline from Brazil


Tri-colour Toumaline slices from Afghanistan


Watermelon Tourmaline from Afghanistan


Liddicoatite - a rare variety of Tourmaline from Madagascar

Amazing array of gems and minerals, guys! Love this thread!

Question: Did anyone spot the little bearded man sitting in the Cerussite pic posted by Goldierocks in William Pinch's awesome collection?

MegsyB007 said:

Amazing array of gems and minerals, guys! Love this thread!

Question: Did anyone spot the little bearded man sitting in the Cerussite pic posted by Goldierocks in William Pinch's awesome collection?

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/13534/1586770219_cerussite_man.jpg

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I didnt then Megsy, but I do now

Everyone loves emeralds -

Emerald crystal from Columbia


Emerald crystal on Calcite from Columbia



Glassy green Emerald crystals from Columbia

MegsyB007 said:

Amazing array of gems and minerals, guys! Love this thread!

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Thanks for that Megsy.
As long as my posts are being appreciated I will keep them coming.
I have barely made a dent in the sheer number of pics I downloaded from the OP's Facebook page.
I had to do a lot of work downsizing the pics so they didn't take up all the space on our servers.
Wait until you see some of the pics to come!
Chiron.

Calcite flowers on Amethyst from Uruguay


Apatite crystals on Quartz from Portugal


Brookite crystals from Pakistan


Deep red Spessartite Garnet crystal from Brazil



Crystal of gemmy Scapolite Silicate from Afghanistan

They say there is an Amethyst Geode shortage.... Somebody's hording them...





LW...

And just down the road from the Gold Coast, there are some of the Worlds biggest Amethyst Geodes on display...
Due to Covid 19, they are Closed till further notice...
https://www.crystalcastle.com.au



To get this beast out of the shipping container undamaged, they had cut the container up...
The Enchanted Cave...


LW...

Coloured Petrified Wood from Arizona USA


Exceptional water clear quartz cluster from USA


Chocolate Fire Opal rough


Cubic crystal of Pyrite with Sphalerite



Pyromorphite crystals from France

Wish I got the chance to visit this place in Naica, Mexico... Giant Selenite Crystals, Deadly but Beautiful...




Giant Crystal Cave was discovered in April 2000 by miners excavating a new tunnel for the Industrias Peoles mining company located in Naica, Mexico, while drilling through the Naica fault, which they were concerned would flood the mine. The mining complex in Naica contains substantial deposits of silver, zinc and lead .

Unfortunately the Mining Company has now turned off the pumps in 2015, due to the cost of Power and they are now flooded again.... Never to be seen again.. 8.(

They have now discovered some more that they believe to be an extension of the previously discovered Caves... Hopefully these new ones will be preserved for ever... :/

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/fXo60AuCSwc[/video]

Discovery also made a great Doco on them titled, "Naica, Beyond the Crystal Cave" Best Doco I have seen on them...

LW

A small Aquamarine Crystal...
Love to find this one...



LW...

Wow If only ...
The largest precious gemstone ever found, yet unfaceted, is the Bahia Emerald weighing approximately 840lbs (381kg) (containing more than 180,000 carats) originated from Bahia, Brazil and is emerald crystals embedded in host rock. It was subsequently reported stolen in September 2008 from a secured vault in South El Monte in Los Angeles County, California. The stone has been valued at some $400 million, but the true value is unclear. At one point, the emerald was listed for sale on eBay for a "Buy It Now" price of $75 million....



And a link to a very interesting Legal Battle on Ownership of the above Emerald...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia_Emerald

Since that find, there is another Emerald found, even bigger.. Value of this one is around $1 Billion Dollars...



LW...

LoneWolf said:

Wow If only ...
The largest precious gemstone ever found, yet unfaceted, is the Bahia Emerald weighing approximately 840lbs (381kg) (containing more than 180,000 carats) originated from Bahia, Brazil and is emerald crystals embedded in host rock. It was subsequently reported stolen in September 2008 from a secured vault in South El Monte in Los Angeles County, California. The stone has been valued at some $400 million, but the true value is unclear. At one point, the emerald was listed for sale on eBay for a "Buy It Now" price of $75 million....

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...hat_is_the_largest_gemstone_ever_found_16.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co..._found_yet_unfaceted_is_the_bahia_emerald.jpg
And a link to a very interesting Legal Battle on Ownership of the above Emerald...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia_Emerald

Since that find, there is another Emerald found, even bigger.. Value of this one is around $1 Billion Dollars...

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/7355/1587470531_unvvtitled.jpg

LW...

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:heart: :gemstone: :inlove:

I have a 200+ct blue topaz for sale, should be worth in the range of ... I don't know, probably about $3.5 million, ?, yeah, that would do, thank you.

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