German Mineral Specimens
German minerals are seldom seen in today's market with any amount of quality or diversity. Old collections seem to be the main source for quality German mineral specimens. We always seem to have a few but never many.
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OKH-691 Limonite (Goethite) pseudomorphs after Pyrite Bosingfeld, Weser, Germany. Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection. This is likely an old specimen from previous West Germany that measures a robust 3.3 cm in diameter. It barely fits in a perky box. Great patina with only a few tiny marks where the pyrite shows through. Cubes are intergrown and highly striated. Very minor Styrofoam on one area. Very attractive piece. $150
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OKH-326 Quartz Suttrip, Warstein, Nordrhein-Westfaln, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. Large, attractive, low luster piece composed of two large (to 3.6 cm) and numerous tiny, double terminated crystal. 3.6 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm. Base contact and old tack attached to base. Views great from any direction. No damage. An excellent example of an uncommon European mineral specimen. 130$
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OKI-602 Erythrite Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection, prev. Ward’s Minerals, Queens Univ. and Mineralien-Niederlage zu Freiberg. Tufted piles of erythrite coat the sides of this thin plate of matrix. 2.7 x 1.8 x .9 cm overall. No damage, minor contacts. Nice color, historic example with an elaborate provenance. 125$
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OKI-601 Erythrite Glucksbrunn, Schweina, Thuringia, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection, prev. John Caswell. Tufted balls of erythrite line a cavity along the long edge of the specimen. 3.5 x 2.6 x .7 cm overall. Nice color, historic example from a famous collection. 85$
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OKI-604 Galena Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. A good example of this lead mineral from a locale noted mostly for silvers. This piece exhibits cubes modified by octahedrons to 1.5 cm on edge. 2.9 x 2 x 1.8 cm overall. Nice patina. No damage. Edge and base contacts. 45$
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OKI-634 Pyromorphite Grube Rosenberg, Bad Ems, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. Another rare European piece with tiny pyros to .4 cm mixed with platy quartz. Entire piece is 3 x 3 x 2 cm and covered in pyros of a light gray tan color. A fine representative specimen. 95$
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OKI-635 Proustite Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. Prev. Oren Root Collection. Given the provenance I would estimate this specimen as being from the early 1800s. A 1.5 x 1.1. x .8 cm single crystal floater which is a dark gray color and shows only fair to poor crystal development. No contacts or damage to this double terminated crystal. A historic piece which is exceedingly rare. A deal for someone at….85$
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OKD-510 Fluorite Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. Prev. Carnegie Museum Collection. Prev. W.W. Jefferis Collection. A historic specimen with all the old tags to document this. 9 x 7 x 4 cm blocky matrix with one face being coated by small light purple fluorites. A nicely size European specimen with a fine provenance. 75$
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OKD-343 Proustite Saxsony, Frieberg, Germany. Ex. Nancy Collins Collection. Two fine balls of iridescent crystals on a crystalline matrix (silver?). The specimen measures 3 x 2.7 cm. Each ball measures approximately 1.3 cm in diameter. This is a fine damage free classic and a competitive grade thumbnail specimen. 500$
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OKD-168 Vivianite Utphe, Hessen, West Germany. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. Prev. Jerry Van Velthuizen Collection. This piece is composed to two balls of compact blades of deep green vivianites. This is an unusual and certainly uncommon European specimen. It measures 4 x 3 x 3 cm overall, is a floater and has no damage. Choice specimen! 70$
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OKD-104 Selenite Pommelllwald, West Germany Ex. Jay Walter Collection. 5.5 cm long selenite from an unusual location. Great form, clarity and fully terminated on all sides. Very displayable. No damage. 48$
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OKB-666 Anthracite and Quartz Nockerade, near Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. Ex. Dr. Chamberlain Collection. Acquired from John H. Caswell Collection. Reference specimen with good pedigree. 25$
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OKB-657 Heulandite Germany Ex. Dr. Chamberlain Collection. Acquired from Dr. Bernd Walz, Univ. of Ulm. 11 cm plate of crystals with good luster up to .8 cm each. Combination of white and salmon colored crystals. 40$
