Rocks and Minerals Personal Collection

Display of my personal collection for archive. All the pictures belong to me and may not be the best around for that reason. Scales are in cm.

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Polished labradorite, unknown origin

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Lapidated blue topaz

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Pink tourmaline soon-to-be cabochon

This sample has been cutted and suffered a first polishment, and will continue to be polished soon

Keep updated of the progress here

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Opal soon-to-be cabochon

This sample has just been cutted, and will be polished soon

Keep updated on the progress here

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Gem quality quartz to be lapidated

The first pictures should be able to show the rainbow internal reflections it has, which are the reason this will be a facetated sample soon

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Box with samples from the Vesuvio

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Emerald sample on biotite and quartz matrix

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Aventurite sample

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Ruby sample on zoisite matrix

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Albite sample

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Five opal samples

First sample is from Brazil, all the others are from Macedo de Cavaleiros

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Two topaz samples

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Chrysoprase sample

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Corundum sample

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Cianite sample

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Malachite sample

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Desert rose sample