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Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnsiche Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 13 x 10.7 x 4.1 cm
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A true rarity among the wulfenite specimens from Bad Bleiberg are these green wulfenite in association with white and rust-orange barite. This very specimen is rather large for the species. The wulfenite, hidden among the dominant barite, forms a continuous, sparkling green crust on the rock matrix. Single wulfenite crystals reach a size of up to 7mm. Barite threatens to overtake the wulfenite but leaves just enough space for the green brilliance to break through and impress with color and great quality. An excellent piece for the collector of the exceptional!
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
Size: 12.9 x 9.4 x 3.1 cm
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A rare locality piece from the Styrian Erzberg. A rich display of white ankerite is decorated with golden sparkling tetrahedral chalcopyrite crystals. Except for some peripheral contacts there is no damage visible. A charming classic with great outline and stark contrast!
Nadonjukin, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Size: 7.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
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From the spectacular recent find of chrome dravite in Nadonjukin, a small village in the northeast of Tanzania. A single pocket has produced some of the greatest crystals ever found with incredible emerald green color, bright luster and a fantastic gemmy quality! This crystal is a real stunner, that impresses with fantastic luster and breathtaking color that goes from bright green to a mix of green and brown at the lower half. See the pictures? That's exactly it, no exaggeration!
The whole crystal is clouded at the inside but still easily lit with some backlight. The termination is a pointed pyramid with no damage at all. These crystals are a must for any collector of fine gem mineral!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.6 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
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A shard of grey mother rock is encrusted with the most brilliant sparkling quartz crystals you can think of! While most crystals hardly rise more than a centimeter over the surface there are two elongated crystals up to 3 cm and perfectly sharp, clear and flawless.
It's hard to imagine how a fragile piece like this has come out of the mountain unharmed but here it is and it, nice and well!
Payún volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matru, Malargüe Department, Mendoza, Argentina
Size: 4.8 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
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A sharp and well defined cluster of scintillating hematite pseudomorphs after magnetite from the unique and well-known find in Argentina. It is a construct of several octahedral crystals in very best condition and appealing aesthetics. The overall shape is extremely catchy and nicely promotes the main octahedrons. An excellent little specimen from this famous locale!
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 12.4 x 9 x 8.3 cm
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Two flawless smoky quartz crystals of brilliant quality protrude from a matrix of nested quartz crystals, adularia and some rock. The piece is quite 3-dimensional and full of details. What might appear a bit untamed and wild at the base inevitably leads the view to the two main crystals which act as a calm and harmonious anchor. Very attractive in person with some green chlorite at the terminations. These two crystals are absolutely super!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 9.6 x 7.1 x 7.4 cm
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Imposing like a mountain, littered with masses of sparkling adularia! Atop this mountain stands a dominant structure of metallic black hematite, well contrasting against the background. The hematite shows lovely rosettes of mirroring hematite on otherwise rather thick plates! Along the left side and the back is an amount of chlorite and muscovite which is characteristic for this important locale!
All in all this is a somehow rough piece but completely free of damage and literally studded with high quality crystals!
Oberdorf an der Laming, Steiermark, Austria
Size: 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
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Found in the world's best strontianite-locale this little ball of strontium carbonate shows lovely stepped crystallization and best luster on all sides. As a perfect floater it shows no damage or contacts anywhere. The color is characteristic for the mineral, a gentle skin color, radiating from the translucent crystals inside! A superb specimen of this rare mineral!
Gerstenegg-Kluft, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
Size: 11.5 x 7.5 x 6.9 cm
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The Gerstenegg cleft is a huge cleft, found in 1974 in the course of power plant construction works. Now preserved as a natural monument and exhibition cleft, it yielded a number of high class quartz and pink fluorite specimens back in the early 80s.
This specimen holds a dominant, water-clear main crystal that is sharp and shows a rudimentally termination at the bottom. The crystal is embedded in a natural cluster of quartz and feldspar that makes for a nice background. With no damage all around, this is an outstanding specimen from this long closed collecting locality!
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Aesthetics is everything! This marvelous little tourmaline specimen seems to have emerged right out of the textbook. One main crystal, one side-crystal and a perfectly proportioned piece of shiny mica matrix. The crystals are flawless, gemmy, lustrous and multicolor. Have a look on our video for a full comprehension of this tourmaline's beauty!
Fazenda do Centro, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Size: 13.5 x 6.6 x 4.3 cm
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Very aesthetic high quality topaz from the unique find of etched specimens at Fazenda do Centro. The crystal is all complete and in outstanding condition! It is very much transparent with a champagne colored tinge. Have a look on our video for a better three-dimensional impression!
Wutong Mine, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Size: 10.7 x 8.2 x 1 cm
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This unusual disc shaped crystal habit is known to occur at the Wutong Mine but crystals of such exceptionally large size are extremely rare! The vivid cherry-red translucent crystal shows an extensive frosted surface, encompassed by pinkish white rhodochrosite microcrystals. The lower left corner is where it detached from the matrix, all other edges are perfectly well developed. Turning it around you can see the microcrystals extending over the whole face with some pyrite association which looks absolutely lovely! A marvelous and huge rhodochrosite for this unusual shape!