Mixed Minerals
Galmihorn, Münster, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 7.8 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
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Very dark brown color and a dominant massy main crystal define this excellent specimen! That main crystal is 3.5 cm thick, sharp and highly lustrous. The backside is a crystallized contact where the piece detached from the rock. Apart from that contact the piece is in superb condition and super-attractive in person!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.9 x 5 x 3 cm
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The combination of sharp epidote crystals with silvery blueish byssolite is rather characteristic for the historic mineral locale Knappenwand and it's just amazingly beautiful in person!
A group of dark brown epidote crystals is nicely embedded in byssolite like rocks on the mountains are surrounded by soft grass. The main epidote has visible 2 x 1.1 cm, is sharp, lustrous and gemmy as soon as you add some backlight! While the whole piece has a more chaotic appearance there is no damage but only stacked crystals with re-crystallized contacts. A charming specimen of best quality for the admirer of unique natral mineral specimens with distinct natural appearance!
Boekenhoutshoek area, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Size: 11.1 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
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The cactus-quartz from Boekenhoutshoek are classics from over 20 years ago that stand out for their unusual shape and intensive color. The prismatic amethysts are overgrown by a second generation of short pointed crystals which generates the unique catcus-look. While most specimens from this site are rather pale, it is amazing to see how deep and strong the purple color can become in this specimen! Superb luster and a very attractive aesthetics make this a terrific specimen in best condition!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.1 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
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Brilliant colorless quartz in a lovely three-dimensional arrangement! The quality of the quartz crystals is amazingly good: Glassy crystals with superb luster and sharp architecture!
As a floater this specimen is crystallized from top to bottom and in very good condition. The smaller of the two main crystals has an abrasion at the tip and there is one damaged at an insignificant bottom-crystal. The rest is perfect and brilliant.
It's a highly attractive and sparkling specimen in sweeping shape!
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Size: 12.6 x 8.5 x 7.6 cm
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An exceptionally attractive cabinet piece of rich green fluorite on quartz matrix! The cubical fluorites are grown over two round bulges which is better visible in our video. The green crystals are of great quality, glassy and lustrous with the intensive color that is characteristic for the locale. In between the fluorite there is some galena, developed as rock-grey octahedrons. This whole composition is definitely an eye-catcher of great size and quality!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 5 x 4.9 x 2.6 cm
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The aesthetics of this bow-tie type epidote specimen is quite exceptional and represents the best from this unique find at the Ras Koh Mountains! A single 4.7 cm main crystal stands vertically over a small group of equally beautiful shaped side-crystals. All epidotes are jet-black and lustrous and in outstanding condition!
Romatespitze, Bad Gastein, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.7 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
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Two parallel grown smoky quartz crystals with a crust of chlorite and rutile at the backside. The crystals are in best condition, even the bottom is completely crystallized. A very attractive specimen from this uncommon locale!
Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.3 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
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Most pyrite crystals from this region are simple in architecture and mostly rather small in size. This cuboctahedral single crystal on the other hand shows strikingly vivid details, almost like the rosette of an iron rose in combination with the structure of stacked galena cubes. The metallic dark brown surface is lustrous, sharp and flawless. On the bottom side, where the pyrite is crystallized as well, it is overgrown with tightly packed books of muscovite. Further to the specimens left you can find a group of white calcite which adds contrast and even more structure to this fine specimen! With a crystal size of 2 cm this is for sure an outstanding Alpine rarity!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 11.4 x 7.7 x 6 cm
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As a complete floater that is free of any damage this is a formidable group of liddicoatite! Three main crystals of similar size are attached next to each other to form this compact and massive shape. A smaller crystal at the front and one at the backside are evenly perfect and add some more flavor to the 3-dimensional arrangement. I have to admit, the tourmalines need rather much backlight but when provided with that you can see nice green and - towards the terminations - strawberry red colors! The terminations show complex design and are associated with some londonite around the backside. A dominant specimen for this rare tourmaline variant!
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.6 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
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One single, extremely well developed topaz is beautifully accompanied by white cleavelandite which represents the classic combination for this exceptional locale. The crystal is gem-clear through and through with one internal crack but no damage or repair. The complex termination - all nicely lustrous - is stunning and beautiful alike! The frontside features some pristinely white cleavelandite around the base as well as a horizontal topaz side-crystal but which is partly overgrown with the albite and contacted at the back. Overall this is a brilliant exemplar of the sherry-colored, stunningly designed type of topaz with beautiful aesthetics and in best condition all over!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
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While not exceptionally large this specimen amazes with brilliant quality and an unusually complex and fascinating architecture. All around you can see interlocked crystals of very best quality that sum up to this sparkling sculpture!
Taschenspitze, Ankogelgruppe, Malta, Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 8.8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
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Several quartz crystals are attracitvely arranged around a single main crystal. The main quartz has absolutely amazing luster and surface structure on all sides, it is glassy and in superb condition! The bottom as well is not broken but completely recrystallized. It's a brilliant specimen from an uncommon locale!