Smoky Quartz - Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland

Finished citrine! It pops! #citrine

Amethyst - Brazil

Hematite (Var: Iron Rose)

Fe2O3

Locality:

Forno Glacier, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Largest Crystal Size: 9 mm

Multiple aggregate of iron roses made up of hematite plates, with iridescence on some faces.

Gianfranco Ciccolini’s Photo

Amethyst Slab

Realgar - Shimen Mine, Shimen County, Hunan Province, China

Phantom Fluorite with Calcite - Denton Mine, Harris Creek Dist., Illinois

Malachite

Size: 8.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 cm

Locality:  Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Silver Dendrites on Native Arsenic Matrix

Locality:  Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.

Finished black tourmaline

Started some girasol opal tonight