A classic dark green aggregate of Malachite from the Katanga Copper Crescent,
Dem. Rep. of Congo.

Gold in Nugget form showing its rich bright metallic yellow colour
from Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

Tourmaline is always a favourite among collectors if only for its variety of colour.
This example is no exception.
From Laghman Province (Nuristan), Afghanistan.

A rich bed of Quartz needles is punctuated with fine crimson rhombs of Rhodochrosite
and elongated black rods of Hübnerite and a little Pyrite for good measure.
From the Clay Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA.

Beautiful steel blue prismatic crystals of Beryl Var. "Aquamarine" embedded in matrix from
Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Russia.

Another large fine specimen from Siberia. Fine, well developed crystals of Galena and Sphalerite together
with some encrustations of milky white Calcite
from the
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia.

Rich veining of colourful Opal in matrix from
Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Pink to pale lilac, botryoidal growths of Smithsonite from
Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico.

A deep indigo blue Tourmaline ("Indicolite") crystal lying free of its matrix from 
the Sauda Mine, Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

A large steely Native Platinum nugget weighing 292 grams from
Konder alkaline-ultrabasic Massif, Aldan shield, Ayan-Maya district, Khabarovskiy Kray,
Far-Eastern Region, Russia.

Semi translucent blue crystals of Benitoite accompanied by Black prismatic rods of Neptunite
lying on a bed of white Natrolite
from San Benito County, California, USA.


A cluster of interlocking Mustard coloured platey Wulfenites showing some degree of coule zoning typical of examples from this famous locality - Mežica (Miess) Slovenia.

Beautiful surface etch marks on a water clear pale yellow crystal of Beryl Var. "Heliodor" from the
Volodarsk-Volynskii Mines, Zhytomyr Oblast', Ukraine.

Azurite partially pseudomorphing octahedral Cuprite
from Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France.

Another fine specimen from France.
"Cogwheel" Bournonite crystals perched on matrix with Sphalerite.
From Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

Rich green crystals of Pyromorphite encrusted on matrix from
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France.

A solid mass of fine blue Azurite crystals
from Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France.

Delicate fern-like growths of Native Gold resting on Calcite matrix from
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England.

Fine example of Pyrargyrite and Native Arsenic together with Argentopyrite, 
from a classic uropean locality - 
Samson Mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

An amazing "stepped" translucent crystal of green Fluorite together with prismatic, terminated
Quartz from 
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru.

 

Pale "Smoky" Quartz "Gwindel" crystal from
Fedenstock, Felli Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland.

 

A rich example of bluish green Devilline on matrix from
Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica County, Slovakia.


Pyrargyrite on Galena with Calcite
from
Ratibořské Hory, Tábor, South Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic


Another Czech Classic - Acanthite with Stephanite, Pyrite and Calcite.
Príbram, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

 

Classic Hematite "Rosette" perched on a mica rich matrix from
Mörchnerkar, Mörchner Area, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, , North Tyrol, Austria.


Lustrous, steel blue Celestite crystals scattered on a bed of Dolomite and Calcite
with a few tiny Goyazite crystals in association.
From the A10 Highway Tunnel (Katschberg Tunnel), Katschberg, Rennweg,
Hafner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria.


A single sharp, bright yellow Sulphur crystal rests atop Aragonite matrix from
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy.

 

Hot work as some of the out side dealers prepare for the show in temperatures up to 35 degrees.


An Amethyst dealer sets out the Geodes for display.


Chris examining some of the Quartz artefacts in one of the tent lined streets.


Ste. Marie is not always just minerals, fossils and Gemstones.
Sometimes other items of interest creep into the show!

One of the may Wholesale mineral stands with a variety of colourful worldwide mineral specimens.

Every inch of indoor space is used in Ste Marie even the local swimming pool.
Here, Chris examines one of the well lit specimens put on display there - a large pink Fluorite from the Alps.

A fine example of Galena on Siderite from Neudorf, Harzgerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
on display at the Ausrox booth.

A superp Sphalerite specimen from Rucheng Mine, Caojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou Prefecture,
Hunan Province, China at the Cristalli stand.

Also in the Cristalli booth, fine needles of Quartz intergrown with dark red crystals of Hübnerite
from Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru.

Luis Burillo, as always had a great selection of mineral specimens to show.
Quartz with Brookite blades scattered throughout - from Pakistan...

...and this amazing colour zoned Wulfenite crystal specimen from 
the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico.

A great Spanish piece - Deep brown well developed crystals of Sphalerite with snow white Dolomite from
Las Manforas Mine, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain.

Books... just one stand in the theatre devoted to reference literature for collectors.
The Lapis magazine stand run by Tobias Weise.

Collectors looking at the showcases on the Crystal Classics Stand