my mineral collection
- the result of two decades of collecting -I started collecting minerals in 2000, during more than 20 years my collection grew. I would like to show you some of the best and most interesting pieces from, I hope you’ll enjoy. This page will be updated from time to time.
Last update: 26.12.2023
![1332_Quartz_Zinggenstock_1200x900_k Quartz_Zinggenstock](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1332_Quartz_Zinggenstock_1200x900_k.webp)
Quartz, var. Smoky Quartz from Zinggenstock,Grimsel, Bern, Switzerland. Size: 9 x 6,5 x 5 cm
![1836_Silver_Niederschlema_2_1200x900_k _Silver_Niederschlema](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1836_Silver_Niederschlema_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Native silver from Niederschlema, Erzgebirge mountains, Saxony, Germany. Size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm
![1836_Silver_Niederschlema_1_1200x900_k _Silver_Niederschlema](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1836_Silver_Niederschlema_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Native silver from Niederschlema, Erzgebirge mountains, Saxony, Germany. Size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm (backside of the previous specimen)
![1365_Fluorit_Bestivna_1200x900_k Fluorit_Bestivna](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1365_Fluorit_Bestivna_1200x900_k.webp)
Fluorite, Calcite, Baryte, Quartz from Bestvina, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Size: 13 x 10 x 5 cm
![1426_Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan_1_1200x900_k Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1426_Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan_1_1200x900_k-1.webp)
Quartz, Galena, Azurite & Malachite from 9th September mine, Madan, Bulgaria. Size: 10 x 8 x 3,5 cm
![1426_Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan_3_1200x900_k _Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1426_Quartz_Galena_Malachite_Madan_3_1200x900_k.webp)
Quartz, Galena, Azurite & Malachite from 9th September mine, Madan, Bulgaria. Size: 10 x 8 x 3,5 cm (close up)
![1534_Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring_2_1200x900_k Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1534_Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite & Gypsum from Oberzeiring, Styria, Austria. Size: 12,5 x 9 x 6,5 cm
![1534_Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring_3_1200x900_k Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1534_Calcite_Gypsum_Oberzeiring_3_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite & Gypsum from Oberzeiring, Styria, Austria. Size: 12,5 x 9 x 6,5 cm (close up)
![1593_Cerussite_Nakhlak_1_1200x900_k Cerussite_Nakhlak](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1593_Cerussite_Nakhlak_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Cerussite from the Nakhlak mine, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 4 x 3 x 2,5 cm
![1603_Cerussite_Nakhlak_2_1200x900_k Cerussite_Nakhlak](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1603_Cerussite_Nakhlak_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Wulfenite on Cerussite from the Nakhlak mine, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm
![1603_Cerussite_Nakhlak_3_1200x900_k Cerussite_Nakhlak](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1603_Cerussite_Nakhlak_3_1200x900_k.webp)
Wulfenite on Cerussite from the Nakhlak mine, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm (close up)
![1660_Calcite_GowdMine_1_1200x900_k Calcite_GowdMine](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1660_Calcite_GowdMine_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite from the Gowd mine, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 9 x 7 x 5,5 cm
![1797_Pyrolusite_Boznain_2_1200x900_k Pyrolusite_Boznain](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1797_Pyrolusite_Boznain_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite on Pyrolusite from an abandoned mine in Ardestan area, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 6 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm
![1797_Pyrolusite_Boznain_3_1200x900_k Pyrolusite_Boznain](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1797_Pyrolusite_Boznain_3_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite on Pyrolusite from an abandoned mine in Ardestan area, Anarak district, Iran. Size: 6 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm (close up)
![1927_Aragonite_ring_Erzberg_nuts_colored_1200x900_k Aragonite_ring_Erzberg](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1927_Aragonite_ring_Erzberg_nuts_colored_1200x900_k.webp)
Aragonite over a metallic ring from the Erzberg mountain, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria . Size: 9,5 x 8,5 x 5 cm
![Calcite_Senftenbach_1_1200x900_k Calcite_Senftenbach](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Calcite_Senftenbach_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Calcite from Senftenbach, Upper Austria, Austria. Size: 4 cm
![Hämatit_Johanngeorgenstadt_k Hämatit_Johanngeorgenstadt](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Hamatit_Johanngeorgenstadt_k.webp)
Hematite-swords from Johanngeogenstadt, Erzgebirge mountains, Saxony, Germany. Size: up to 19,5 cm
![116_Freibergite_BeschertGlück_Freiberg_1_1200x900_k Freibergite_BeschertGlück_Freiberg](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/116_Freibergite_BeschertGluck_Freiberg_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Freibergite, Sphalerite & Dolomite from Beschert Glück Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Size: 10 x 9 x 3,5 cm
![116_Freibergite_Beschert_Glück_Freiberg_2a_1200x900_k Freibergite_BeschertGlück_Freiberg](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/116_Freibergite_Beschert_Gluck_Freiberg_2a_1200x900_k.webp)
Freibergite, Sphalerite & Dolomite from Beschert Glück Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Size: 10 x 9 x 3,5 cm (close up)
![318_Bismuth_Schlema_1200x900_k Bismuth_Schlema](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/318_Bismuth_Schlema_1200x900_k.webp)
Native bismuth from Opal veign, Schlema, Saxony, Germany. Size: 11 x 6 x 5,5 cm
![381_pyrrhotite_Quartz_Dalnegorsk_1200x900_k pyrrhotite_Quartz_Dalnegorsk](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/381_pyrrhotite_Quartz_Dalnegorsk_1200x900_k.webp)
Pyrrhotite & Scepter Quartz from Dalnegorsk, Far Eastern Region, Russia. Size: 7 x 5,5 x 4,5 cm
![382_Malachite_apple_Shaba_colored_1200x900_k Malachite_apple_Shaba](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/382_Malachite_apple_Shaba_colored_1200x900_k.webp)
Malachite from Shaba, Congo with an apple in the foreground. Size: 12 x 8,5 x 7,5 cm
![413_Aragonite_Erzberg_2_1200x900_k Aragonite_Erzberg](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/413_Aragonite_Erzberg_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Aragonite var. flos ferri from the Styrian Erzberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 9 x 8 x 6 cm
![473_Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica_1_1200x900_k Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/473_Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Scepter-Amethyst from Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia. Size: 19 x 9 x 7,5 cm
![473_Amethyst_BanskaStianvnica_2_1200x900_k Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/473_Amethyst_BanskaStianvnica_2_1200x900_k.webp)
Scepter-Amethyst from Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia. Size: 19 x 9 x 7,5 cm (close up)
![820_Quartz_KönigshainerBerge_1_1200x900_k Quartz_KönigshainerBerge](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/820_Quartz_KonigshainerBerge_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Smoky Quartz and Orthoclase from the Koenigshain mountains, Saxony, Germany. Size: 16 x 10 x 6 cm
![1019_Vanadinite_Taouz_1_1200x900_k Vanadinite_Taouz](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1019_Vanadinite_Taouz_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Vanadinite & Goethite from Taouz, Morocco. Size: 8 x 5 x 4 cm
![1019_Vanadinite_Taouz_2_1200x900_k Vanadinite_Taouz](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1019_Vanadinite_Taouz_2_1200x900_k.webp)
![1020_Fluorite_Dalnegorsk_1_1200x900_k Fluorite_Dalnegorsk](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1020_Fluorite_Dalnegorsk_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Fluorite from Dalnegorsk, Far Eastern Region, Russia. Size: 8,5 x 6 x 5,5 cm
![1020_Fluorite_Dalnegorsk_3_1200x900_k Fluorite_Dalnegorsk](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1020_Fluorite_Dalnegorsk_3_1200x900_k.webp)
Fluorite from Dalnegorsk, Far Eastern Region, Russia. Size: 8,5 x 6 x 5,5 cm (close up)
![474_Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica_1200x900_k Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/474_Amethyst_BanskaStiavnica_1200x900_k.webp)
Amethyst from Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia. Size: 11 x8,5 x 5 cm
![771_FlosFerri_Erzberg_1200x900_k FlosFerri_Erzberg](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/771_FlosFerri_Erzberg_1200x900_k.webp)
Aragonite var. flos ferri from the Styrian Erzberg, Styria, Austria. Size: 14 x 10 x 9 cm
![1022_Quartz_Galenstock_1_1200x900_k Quartz_Galenstock](https://mistermineral.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1022_Quartz_Galenstock_1_1200x900_k.webp)
Smoky quartz from theGalenstock, Uri, Switzerland. Size: 8 x 6 x 6 cm
I hope you enjoyed the first part of specimens in my personal collection.
Fell free to leave a comment (e.g. which specimen did you like most or least etc.) .
Magnificent specimens enhanced by masterful photographic skills.
I have a soft spot for the Wulfenite on Cerussite.
Thank you Gerald, I’m also very happy about the wulfenite on this cerussite. This combination with dark wulfenite is rare.
Beautiful specimens. I’m torn between the complete Vanadinte crystals from Morocco and the water clear Fluorite from Russia. All wonderful specimens for their species.
You are right, and your taste is very good :)
Absolutely stunning specimens Robert. Thank you so much for sharing. The first specimen – the Smoky from Switzerland is breathtaking.
Beautiful pieces love many but I think my favorite is Quartz, Galena, Azurite & Malachite from 9th September mine, super amazing visual combo!!!
Robert,
Thank you for sharing your pictures of specimens in your collection. They are all beautiful and you must be proud of these wonderful specimens. Since I specialize in silver and silver-bearing minerals, I liked the silver from Niederschlema and the freibergite from the Beschart Cluck mine the best.
Sincerely,
Bill
Hi William,
there a only a few people who are interested in silver minerals (compared to quartz, fluorite, tourmaline etc.).
You have a good taste!
Robert