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Antananarivo Province, Bongolava Region, Madagascar
Size: 3.8 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
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Aesthetics on this piece is just great. A single liddicoatite of pristine quality is attached to a white matrix of quartz and mica providing a stark contrast and much emphasizing the crystal. While the backside is somehow busy with several small, paler tourmalines, the main view is quite straight forward and very much elegant. The quartz, acting as a base for the crystal, is white and translucent, the mica on the other hand shows a strong purple hue and direct backlight. Back to the main actor of this piece, I can honestly say this liddocoatite is of amazing gemmy quality. All transparent, lustrous and of intensive raspberry red color. The termination is very well developed and shows many different faces. A great aesthetic piece in miniature size.
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 4.3 x 3 x 2.4 cm
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Wow, this hematite is absolutely amazing! Mirroring luster on all sides, hundreds of sharp blades, 3-dimensionally arranged to form a perfectly lovely iron rose. A small amount of white feldspar matrix adds a nice contrast and perfects the picture. There is no damage to be found only small contact induced imperfections at one spot. Fabulous, mesmerizing and of the highest quality the Fibbia-St.Gotthard-Piz Lucendro area is famous for!
Elm, Sernf Valley, Glarus, Switzerland
Size: 8.8 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm
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"Unusual" is the word that commes to mind, when looking at this combination of quartz and calcite. "Beautiful" is the word that follows. A group of quartz crystals of superb quality is accompanied by tabular white calcite that protects the main quartz like a cape. The whole piece is in very good condition and even the bottom is fully crystallized. The quartz shows brilliant luster, perfect pointed terminations and is transparent, with blueish grey clouds at the lower parts. A remarkable piece all around!
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A number of very thin and fragile brookite plates are perched on a contrasting piece of matrix, sharing the space with some nice little quartz crystals. On a piece like this it is only natural that some of the crystals are broken but amazingly the larger main crystal is completely perfect! The brookite shows beautiful hourglass paintings on otherwise orange and red crystals. A charming play of colors and markings that is totally mesmerizing in person. Hardly ever have I seen brookite specimen from this rare locale, finding one in such exceptional quality and lovely aesthetics is a small miracle indeed!
Teufelspitze, Amertal, Mittersill, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.3 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
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The complex architecture of this smoky quartz specimen is very much unique and fascinating. Several interlocked crystals with great luster and sharp edges form a towering specimen that essentially is grown as a sceptre. A very interesting aspect is the color play: While at first glance you would identify it as a white quartz with smoky patches there are also some purple tinges here and there. This visual effect is only visible if you turn it around in white light. Look closely in our video, the purple color is there!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.4 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
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A single top notch quartz crystal on a characteristic grey matrix. This quality is as good as it gets: water-clear, sharp, extremely lustrous and 100% flawless. It is even doubly terminated! This spectacular main quartz is supported by a number of side-crystals all of which display the same high quality and perfection. A beautiful and elegant quartz specimen from this famous locale!
Hocharn, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.1 x 8.3 x 4.5 cm
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The prehnite is grown over big plates of calite on this piece! It is very 3-dimensional and much better in person!
Grimsel, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 7.9 x 6.1 x 5 cm
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This marvelous piece is a composition of two gwindels, resting on a matrix of pure lustrous quartz. A nice thing about this piece is the differing color of the quartz. While the matrix is mostly just clear and white, the gwindel are slightly smoky and thus are nicely silhouetted against the rest. The whole piece is in perfect condition and of a very appealing and 3-dimensional character. Please watch the video for a better impression!The only downside is probably, that the bottom is cut, but considering the utter beauty of this piece, the superb luster and clarity of the gwindels and the general aesthetics, this is surely acceptable.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 5 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
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This tourmaline is especially massy with a fine pink color throughout the whole crystal, alternating with some more colorless zones. The bottom is not broken but crystallized. Accompanied by some side crystals, this piece shows truly nice aesthetics. Still, the most impressive part about this is the beautiful and highly lustrous termination. The two mirroring main faces are prettily modified which makes an exceptionally fine look. The whole specimen is in very good condition and of elegant presence.
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 12.8 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm
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A large example for the fine specimens of octahedral fluorite on white contrasting quartz matrix from the De'an Mine. The fluorite crystals are of a marvelous color combination, green at the center and deeply purple at the edges with a size that ranges from only a few millimeters up to 1.4 cm on edge. The fluorites faces are frosted and smooth. The matrix is a mat of thousands of white quartz needles that have been growing on green fluorite. The periphery is contacted but the rest is in well condition with only one broken crystal at the lower part of the specimen. An elegant piece of nice aesthetics.
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One exceptionally fine single Tessin habit quartz that is virtually flawless and of very best quality! Water-clear and with perfect wet-look luster this outstanding specimen is just mesmerizing! Like on a cut diamond the striations and faces reflect the light in a lovely and playful way. The tip has a tiny wilbur but which perfectly hides behind the overwhelming quality of this quartz crystal. Best quality from Val Bedretto at the foot of the St. Gotthard Massiv!
Chammegg, Guttannen, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
Size: 9.1 x 4 x 2.2 cm
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Hardly ever have I seen epidote from this locale none of which was near such dramatic size! The crystal aggregate is of characteristic brown and green color which is revealed at strong backlight illumination, while the core stays dark. The surface is brightly lustrous, traversed by a web of cracks. At the bottom of the epidote some white, chloritized adularia is visible. This whole piece is free of any fresh damage, only rehealed breaks and contacts. A very classic and rare piece of spectacular size for the locale!