Amazing Gems and Minerals

[RM Outback]

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

Ditto :Y: :beer:

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[HippyProspecting]

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

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[MegsyB007]

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?

 

[Billy]

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

I didnt then Megsy, but I do now

 

[Chiron52]

Everyone loves emeralds -

Emerald crystal from Columbia

Emerald crystal on Calcite from Columbia

Glassy green Emerald crystals from Columbia

 

[Chiron52]

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

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.

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[LONEWOLF]

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

LW...

 

[LONEWOLF]

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...

 

[Chiron52]

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

 

[LONEWOLF]

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

 

[LONEWOLF]

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

LW...

 

[LONEWOLF]

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...

 

[Billy]

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...

:heart: :gemstone: :inlove:

 

[Pat Hogen]

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.

:gemstone: