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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!
Lushi Co., Sanmenxia Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 9.4 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm
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A spray of thick metallic stibnite crystals shapes this distinctive Chinese specimen. The antimony mines near the town of Lushi have produced a number of fine crystals in the years 1995 to 2000 but are closed now, thus no new stuff is comming from there. The crystals here, as is typical for the find, are well terminated and up to over one centimeter thick. The striated surfaces shows tempering colors and very good luster all around. The whole piece is very much 3-dimensional and in good shape. One broken crystal at the back is not visible from the front. Very attractive in person, distinctive and catchy!
Ozernoye, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Size: 14.4 x 11.7 x 9.6 cm
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Massive and very well defined this is a beautiful specimen of large trapezohedral analcime crystals on basalt matrix with associated small calcite. The opaque white crystals nicely contrast with the brown matrix. With the largest crystal being 7.5 cm in size this is definitely a major piece and completely flawless all around. Impressive in size and quality with a distinctive arrangement. A look on our video is absolutely worth a look!
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Color and shape of this miniature spodumene specimen are quite out of the ordinary. What at first sight would remind me of a skeletal aquamarine specimen is in fact a brilliant etched spodumene floater of light greenish blue color. The piece is in very good condition with some edgewear but no real damage. The crystal is gemmy and superbly lustrous. A surprisingly detailed and attractive little specimen!
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Size: 3.8 x 3.6 x 3 cm
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A well defined, sharp fluorite cube with absolutely striking purple and green phantoms inside the otherwise glassy crystal. The cube is lustrous on all sides and free of any considerable damage. The interior is quite fascinating as is characteristic for the Okorusu Mine. A purple cubic phantom holds another green phantom inside. The innermost part of the crystal is held by some tufted matrix. This main fluorite sits on a cluster of smaller fluorite crystals, accompanied by several white quartz prisms. Very aesthetic and typical for the locale.