International Minerals 49
Mogok Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
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The ruby on this brilliant specimen has a diameter of 1.1 cm, it has strong red color and it’s super gemmy! The crystal is set on a nice blueish white calcite matrix that is well crystallized and an exceptionally fine background for the ruby. An outstanding specimen of highest quality as you can very well see in our video!
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Two intergrown faden-quartz crystals of brilliant quality and with distinctive white threads are set on a matrix with smaller side-crystals. Especially the main crystal has striking quality and a thick white thread. The second crystal unfortunately is damaged on the side but the overall quality and aesthetics definitely make up for this.
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The piece features a single beautifully defined lazurite crystal on white calcite matrix. Lazurite is often confused with lapis lazuli, which is not a mineral in its own right, but a mixed rock of several components such as lazurite, calcite, and pyrite Lazurite is much rarer and with its deep azure-blue color very attractive in person! The crystal on this specimen has a size of 2,9 x 2,6 x 2,4 cm and is in excellent condition. It is sharply defined and shows the characteristic deep blue color, which is in strong contrast to the snow-white matrix.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 10.5 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
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A brigth colorful fluorite from a new find in the Erongo Mountains that strikes with a very well defined main crystal. The main octahedron has intensive green color that is absolutely stunning and super intensive! Towards the edges it turns brownish and purple which even improves the beauty! The side crystals on the other hand have all different colors: red, orange, brown, green. The most you can get out of this specimen is if you take it in your hand, turn it around in direct backlight and look at it from every possible angle. Our video gives a good impression, but seing the piece in person is definitely even better!
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A lovely single crystal tourmaline of striking quality on feldspar. The tourmaline is completely gemmy and has a wonderful blue color. It has a straight termination, but with partially bevelled edges. The condition is very good, only tiny abrasions can be seen. The tourmaline sits on a single, beautifully shaped white microcline crystal with white albite on one side.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 9.6 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm
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This aquamarine from Namibia is rather rough but I personally like that a lot!
It is from a new find in the Erongo Mountains and has remarkable size.
The aqua itself is 8.2 cm long and 4.2 cm in diameter.
As mentioned, the piece is more on the rough, natural, untamed side with intergrown white feldspar and some brown coating of an unidentified mineral.
The aquamarine itself on the other hand has very intensive blue color, nice luster and, especially towards the termination, great gemmy zones as well.
The condition is very good and everything is naturally developed with only very little abrasions here and there. A dramatic specimen of distinctive aesthetics that stands in contrast to the specimens from Pakistan.
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.9 x 5.8 x 4 cm
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A vivid combination of sharp tetrahedrite on golden lustrous pyrite with white contrasting quartz. The piece has peripheral contacts but is otherwise in very good condition. A nice piece from the worlds best location for tetrahedrite!
Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Size: 6.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
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The clarity and open colors of this single crystal elbaite are really amazing in person! It is gemmy, in parts even transparent, and has a distinctive color zoning from pink to colorless at the middle section and pink again toward the complex pyramidal termination! Even normal room light illumination is enough to let this piece shine, as you can see on the second picture which was taken without direct backlight. The crystal is in superb condition with some kind of inter growth on the backside but no damage or repair. A striking tourmaline with beautiful open colors!
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This beautifully crystallized white calcite was found in the county of Møre og Romsdal, better known for its occurance of forsterite. The piece has excellent luster and clarity and the shape is really attractive in person. One cleaved crystal at the top is the only downside which one would have to accept. However, that greatly reduces the price on this otherweise stunning and amazingly beautiful crystal.
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 13.1 x 10.8 x 5.9 cm
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This phantom quartz specimen from the recent finds in Hyderabad has a very attractive composition and strikes with distinctive phantoms! The crystals are transparent and lustrous and have those beautiful purple hematite phantoms inside that are so well admired. There are some damaged crystals present but the overall composition and quality are still very much attractive in person.
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This single crystal apatite is exceptionally glassy and lustrous and well developed and has some association of microcrystalline mica and fledspar. Most striking however is the intensive blue color that is especially strong along the hexagonal outline. There is some contact and a little wear on the back but apart from that the condition is very fine.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 8.7 x 5.7 x 2 cm
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This brucite has particularly strong yellow color! Seeing how pale or almost colorless some of this material is, this one really shines like a beacon! The crystallization is wonderful as well and shows highly lustrous surface structures on both sides. The whole specimen is in excellent condition and a complete floater.