Mixed Minerals
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!
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A single quartz crystal, clear like an icicle and sharp like glass! The flattened tessing habit crystal shows really just amazing quality with best wet-look luster on front and backside as well. It is associated with a cluster of schist matrix covered in quartz. The main crystal has a small damage at the lower backside but apart from that it is flawless right up to the sharp chisel-tip termination!
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mts., Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Size: 9.3 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
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Shaped like a crown on a head of porous matrix this hyalite specimen (or Opal-AN) is especially distinctive in appearance. Inside the circular boundaries there is a structure of cream-white aragonite, organically protruding and prominent. The hyalite is perfectly water-clear and in a very good condition. This piece offers perfect aesthetics and brilliant quality as you nicely can see in our video. An attractive piece from a unique locality!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 7.1 x 6 x 2.2 cm
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A bizarrely bulky specimen that shows characteristic cerussite growth patterns like imprinted on its surface. All around there are no broken or damaged parts only unusual etchings and striated crystallization. The cerussite is in large parts transparent and of cream-white color. At the bottom it is grown into some matrix which is also crystallized and sparkling. A highly attractive choice that is both unusually shaped and characteristic for the famous locale.
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Two scepter heads with a slight smoky tinge are protruding from a well crystallized quartz matrix forming a 90° angle. Especially those heads are of good quality, limpid and free of any noteworthy flaws. The smaller, grape-like arranged quartz have tiny glaring red inclusions we deem to be lepidocrocite. Most special about this fine piece is the exceptional aesthetics - 3-dimensional and in very good condition. A striking piece in person!
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 8.8 x 7.6 x 5.9 cm
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This is an excellent matrix specimen of calcite! Except a small contact no damage is present!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 7.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
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Very nice cubes of good color are situated on the brwonish matrix!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 12.3 x 7.5 x 10.3 cm
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A complete floater of brilliantly lustrous, golden pyrite and elongated white quartz, brought to us from the around 4700 meters high mining area Mundo Nuevo. The piece is in best condition and shows a very distinct composition: Attached to a beautiful matrix-like cluster of pyrite and quartz is a massive single pyrite crystal, around 6 cm in diameter, that exhibits the more unusual dodecahedral shape in a modified, rounded, bevelled and striated way. Very well shaped and dramatically situated on this beautiful piece!