Calcite (var: Manganoan) with Calcite and LollingiteOne of the new contemporary classics from China are the amazingly stunning pink manganoan Calcites from the Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia. These Calcites are so impressive due to the incredible size, quality and color of the crystals making them some of the most significant manganoan Calcites in the world. This three dimensional, small cabinet sized specimen hosts gorgeous compound groups of flattened stacked rhombohedral crystals of glowing bright

When one thinks of scepter Tourmalines

I acquired this piece from my father when I was about 15 years old

and those who are familiar with specimens from this mine know that good quality Vivianites are next to impossible to obtain

twinned Ferberite specimen from the famous Tasna mine in Bolivia

each blade is notably well separated from the other

If you collect zeolites or minerals from this famous locality

and good luster on the display side

and the quality of the crystals is as fine as anything I have seen from Creede

and was part of my father’s collection for over 20 years and then came to me

but one of them was instead the new mineral

A most unusual specimen from this outcrop that was exposed and collected by Tom Hughes in the 1990s

light green Paravauxite crystals and tan colored Sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained Wavellite needles on matrix