Variety news in Spirifer collection end of 2010
Below we present a few new specimens acquired to our collection at 2010.
All specimens are from Geological Society "Spirifer" collection.
All photos by Jeff Scovill (www.scovilphoto.com) otherwise noted.

For the beggining one of the most important specimens of 2010 for us - undoubtely the best specimens of topaz from Poland. This piece was recovered in Strzegom pegmatites in the middle of year. Topaz is 2,2 cm big, gem, with interesting colors - bluish and brownich.
Quartz is over 4,5 m big.

Epidote from Strzegom, Poland. Size 3,5 cm.

Tree photos of the same specimen - quartz floater covered by dolomite with double terminated sheellite, size of specimen 5 cm; Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania.

Same specimen as above.

Close-up of sheellite.

Hubnerite with quartz, Pasto Bueno, Peru. Size about 4 cm. G. Bijak photo.

Dioptaz on calcite, Kaokovelt, Namibia. Size about 3,5 cm. G. Bijak photo.
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