Rare minerals

Even non-gemologists can get caught up in the Wilensky gallery's incredible display of rare, natural minerals and stones. Stuart and Donna Wilensky,

Smithsonite With Aurichalcite, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA, small-cabinet, 9.0 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm, A very rare example of isolated, rounded crystals of smithsonite for this locale., For sale from The Arkenstone, www.iRocks.com. For more details on this piece and others, visit https://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/38686

Rare Phosphophyllite - Unificada Mine, Potosi, Bolivia

Lapis lazuli, a rare, deep blue gemstone. Lapis lazuli is a complex mineral containing a mixture of blue lazurite (sodium aluminium silicate), white calcite (calcium carbonate) and small amounts of other minerals.

Proustite today is a highly valuable rare collector's mineral, especially when in red color & transparent. It's an interesting mineral that contains silver in its chemical structure, one of the few silver-bearing minerals that can exhibit transparency. Usually transparent, with deep-red crystals, but it may also be a darker, more metallic-looking form - though even darker, more metallic versions will be visibly red & transparent when back-lit. Best examples are from Chañarcillo, Chile

Watzlminerals Webpage.

Fluorite cube with Calcite and Sphalerite on matrix.

pyromorphite: “therockymineralshow: “ Rheniite ” Rheniite is an extremely rare Rhenium Sulfide (ReS2). Rheniite is the first mineral of Rhenium to be found. Rheniite is found in the fumaroles of...