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Cavnic Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 5.5 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
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Like a shiny white tower against a dark horizon. A lovely crystallized elongated quartz cluster is embedded in a massy metallic sphalerite crystal which makes for a very distinctive and aesthetic specimen. Accompanied by some smaller side crystals this construct sits on a piece of rock matrix, sparkling with pyrite at the backside. A very nice and 3-dimensional specimen from the Cavnic Mine, all elegant and in good condition.
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Bright neon-yellow color and perfect textbook-aeshtetics join together on this classic sulphur specimen. It has become increasingly hard to obtain high class sulphur from Sicily thus I am happy to present such a great piece here. It is a cluster of several gemmy crystals on a small amount of crystallized white aragonite at the bottom. The piece is in very good condition with only some minor edgewear which is actually remarkable on a sensitive mineral as this. Truly a striking specimen of best color and perfectly attractive arrangement!
Navegadora claim, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 8 x 5 x 3.2 cm
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Incredible, juicy, cranberry-red color radiates from this fine specimen even at low illumination, waiting to explode at direct backlight. The color you see in pictures and video is not exaggerated at all! The spessartine has just the fantastic quality the Navegadora claim is famous for. Its 3-dimensional shape feels very much alive and is complete on front and backside. Being a perfect floater this fine piece is perfectly crystallized on all sides and is almost flawless save for one small chip at the backside. A great piece of superb aesthetics and utterly gemmy spessartine!
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.7 x 3 x 1.6 cm
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The brookite crystal on this lovely little specimen is a stunning 2.3 cm long and shows best maroon color with the characteristic hourglass painting. The dominant crystal is associated with some quartz, beautifully arranged around the brookites base. A side-crystal at the back is broken but which is long re-healed and not visible from the front anyway. Fantastic aesthetics, highest crystal quality and a flawless condition make this floater from the worlds best brookite locality a total stunner!
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 8.4 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
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A single hexagonal morganite crystal is nested between glassy quartz crystals and white albite of the cleavelandite variety. The morganite has a diameter of 2.4 cm. It is gemmy and lustrous with a nice pink-peach color. Apart from a small chip on the underside it is flawless and very well developed. The supporting quartz is also in best condition, the albite has some wear but is a very nice addition to the overall aesthetics. It's a characteristic and very attractive specimen for the locale!
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Large and impressive, this is an elegant piece for any collection of European classics. Fragile gold dendrites cling to the quartz carrying matrix and shape a lovely picture, a diorama of growth and vitality.The gold is in very good shape and full of details. The characteristic mellow yellow color distinctly separates from the white-grey matrix. An excellent piece for the locale, classy and appealing in person!
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.4 x 5 x 4.9 cm
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A brilliant ice-blue topaz from the Xanda Mine, famous for its high class blue topaz specimens. This piece is a floater and complete all around. The crystal itself is glassy through and through with a unique, fully etched shape, partly crusted in mica. This is a fantastically sparkling marvel due to so many different and highly lustrous faces. An excellent piece of high quality, charming blue color and a very lively shape. Absolutely stunning and 3-dimensional in person!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 4.9 x 4.5 x 3 cm
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The copper sulphate chalcocite in considerable size and sharpness is already a rarity. In this case it pseudomorph transformed into tennantite which is super rare on the market!The piece is in perfect condition. The 3-dimensional shape with crystals standing out up to 2.5 cm is very much appealing on this uniformly grey to black piece. It's an elegant classic specimen from Tsumeb and where else would a rarity like this come from?
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalía, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Size: 6.8 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
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Boleite is an extremely rare copper-lead chloride that is almost exclusive for Mexico. This piece shows a rich ore of cubical boleite up to 0.5 cm on edge, with strikingly intensive indigo blue color and great luster. The crystals are translucent at direct illumination and very well situated on a piece of crumbling matrix that provides a stark contrast. The backside of the rock - but also in smaller amounts the whole piece - holds green paratacamite as well. A visually attractive piece for this rare mineral!
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size: 14.7 x 9.2 x 2.2 cm
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Around 45 years back the La Farola Mine produced distinctive and beautiful atacamite, arranged as fully developed 360° stars flat on matrix. What we have here is a rich example of that early mining period. The flat piece is almost fully covered in sparkling, transparent crystals, radiating in vibrant dark green. The backside is encrusted with green chrysocolla. Aside from some peripheral issues this piece is in very good condition and shows its beauty especially at closer view. A classic from the Atacama Region, type locality of this highly coveted mineral!
Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 9.2 x 7 x 1.7 cm
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Golden glimmering chalcopyrite and metallic black sphalerite are arranged evenly on this homogenous specimen. Some white to orange-brown calcite is blooming on several spots and adds additional live. Classy and in very good condition with a crystallized backside and only some peripheral contacts. Just lovely in person!
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A mighty aegirine specimen from the early mining period in Malawi, where first considerable aegirine crystals have been found 25 years back. Several elongated crystals up to over 15 cm long are stacked together, decorated with smaller quartz, orthoclase and microcline to form this impressive and highly attractive piece. I have hardly seen any comparable pieces save for those at the collection of the natural history museum Milan. The crystals are sharp and lustrous and are free of any damage. A real masterpiece of impressive shape and size!