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Fieschergletscher, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 8.4 x 4 x 2.6 cm
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Skeletal quartz from the Fiesch Glacier is not exactly common, yet this very specimen is just marvelous! A sculpturesque skeletal quartz, 360° etched and beautiful. The piece is completely water-clear with thousands of sparkling faces and great structure. The quartz itself is lustrous and practially colorless with a very faint smoky tinge. Shaped like a flame, this specimen is highly attractive all around!
Zhob District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 13.1 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
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A sparkling sculpture of best faden-quartz that amazes with its distinctive sickle-shaped architecture! The shape is a combination of many quartz crystals of differing size, clustered together along a central thread, the so called “faden”. The quartz on this spectacular piece is of absolutely best quality. Glassy crystals with brilliant luster and free of even the smallest chips or abrasions! Unique in shape and quality and very much uncommon.
Karakana Mine, Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 9.1 x 8.3 x 4.8 cm
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A dark, perfect tourmaline crystal prominently sits on a contrasting white albite matrix which is absolutely marvelous in person! The tourmaline itself is 4 cm long and 1.7 cm thick, a comfortable size for a main attraction! The single tourmaline shows very best luster on all sides and is distinctively designed with smaller side-crystals attached to all prism faces! The termination is flat but beautifully structured in a way that I haven’t seen before! The crystal is mostly opaque but the surface has a nice blue shimmer due to gemmy blue patches near the surface! This superb crystal that sits on a sparkling matrix of fanned tabular albite is definitely a stunner! Have a look on our video which shows the elegance and quality of this beauty!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 7.3 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
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This rare specimen features a glassy and colorful tourmaline that’s grown on a single quartz crystal. The quartz is slightly smoky and shows great translucent quality. The bottom is sawn but all around its natural and unharmed! The tourmaline on the other hand is all perfect and brilliant! With pink, apple-green and again pink towards the termination, it is beautifully colored and absolutely gemmy! The termination is sharply defined and highly lustrous as is the rest of the crystal. Just perfect! I love the overall aesthetics that is very well balanced and greatly emphasizes the tourmaline! Ex Fabian Wildfang collection
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 11.7 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm
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This vivid specimen from the Yaogangxian Mine is a very 3-dimensional combination of brilliant purple fluorite grown over glassy quartz crystals. The specimen strikes with vibrant colors and very best luster all around! Most of the quartz crystals are completely covered in fluorite and - on the backside - silvery muscovite. Some second generation quartz crystals of very best glassy quality are set atop some of the peaks which adds a sharp termination to this detail rich cluster! The whole piece is of first class quality and shows no damage at all! Highly aesthetic and impressive all around!