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Navegadora claim, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.8 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
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It's a fantastic combination of spessartine on quartz that gets more beautiful the more you look at it! While this type of crystal is well known from the locale this is certainly an exceptional piece of highest quality and perfection. The garnet is completely gemmy and with a vibrant cherry-red color! The beautiful surface structure is very well developed all around and shows no damage at all! What makes this specimen unique however is the combination with highly lustrous and undamaged quartz. We haven’t seen anything like that in such high quality and perfection!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.7 x 5.4 x 2.6 cm
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The main hematite on this matrix specimen sits attractively and dominantly in the very center and is accompanied by crystal clear quartz which is partly intergrown with smaller hematite plates. Some of those hematite plates are broken, but which is hardly noticeable.
The main crystal on the other side is in fantastic condition. With a size of 3.4 cm, it is really remarkable.
It is sharp-edged, highly lustrous and richly studded with fiery red rutile crystals.
A highly aesthetic piece from the famous Cavradi gorge.
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 11 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm
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A new find near the city of Hyderabad has recently produced a number of amazing phantom quartz specimens. This one is certainly one of the better ones in its size range as it unites best crystal quality with striking phantoms and - which is extremely scarce from that locale - virtually flawless condition! By far the most specimens from Hyderabad have medium to heavy damages but this specimen is the very welcome exception. Only one small side crystal shows abrasions, the rest is sharp and perfect. Even the bottom is completely crystallized and covered in a thin layer of hematite. The quartz is highly transparent and grants a wonderful look onto the well defined hematite phantoms that every single crystal displays. Absolutely stunning and exceptional for this new find!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 15.1 x 8.5 x 7.3 cm
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This is a superb Alpine highlight. The breathtakingly beautiful specimen shows vibrant landscape of brilliant quartz on a rock matrix. The two main crystals are accompanied by a large number of smaller quartz crystals, as well as some isolated epidotes. A transverse double-ended quartz directly beneath the larger of the main crystals is intensely red in color due to iron oxide inclusions, which adds color to this alpine stage. The quality of the quartz crystals is really first-class and they are in the best condition. The red double-ended has small damage, everything else here is perfect. You can see this brilliant quality very well on our video!
Laman celestine deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis, Afghanistan
Size: 4.5 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
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A super aesthetic celestine from the newly discovered Laman celestine deposit.
The specimen shows a doubly terminated main crystal with a length of 2.9 cm which lies horizontally on a structure of cream colored calcite, providing a well contrasting base.
The celestine is transparent with a lovely sky blue color and it is completely flawless without even a scratch! Absolutely amazing!
The aesthetics here is really breathtakingly beautiful!
Celestine is a strontium sulphate of the barite group. The name celestine relates to the Greek word cœlestis, meaning celestial and points towards the blue color of this beautiful mineral which you can nicely see in our video!
Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia
Size: 6.2 x 4.5 x 3 cm
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The main crystal is 2.3 cm long and is characterized by a vivid, open emerald green color that does not require any direct lighting.
Luster, clarity and color intensity are combined here in an impressive way!
In contrast to the white calcite matrix, the crystal stands out wonderfully.
If you look at the piece in detail, you can see that the main crystal and the second crystal further down were originally one crystal. However, due to tension and movements in growth, it broke and later completely re-healed.
The whole specimen is in excellent conditon. The main crystal has a contact at the back but is otherwise perfect.
A wonderful piece of very best quality on a beautifully crystallized calcite matrix!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 11.6 x 8.5 x 3.2 cm
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Beautiful!! This was the first word that came to my mind as I saw this rock the first time. This specimen is really unbelievable fine, because it has so many hematites sitting very well on the crytallized matrix of albites.Normally you can be lucky to have even one hematite on matrix, however on this plate there are many on it! The small titanites in combination complete the beauty of this specimen. The luster of the "iron roses" is really great and the best you can look for. All the hematites are completely perfect and you cannot find even the smallest damage. I cannot remember that I have ever seen such a fine hematite from Pakistan.
Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Size: 4.5 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
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This is a beautiful silver miniature from the classic Silver Mining District in Kongsberg. It has a very lovely shape, excellent patina and traces of calcite.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA
Size: 3.7 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
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This specimen is a floater all around without any damage! The color is a mixture between green an yellow, what looks very good in person.
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 4 x 3 x 1.7 cm
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What an awesome apatite from the Swiss Alps! The Pizzo Lucendro is much more famous for producing some of the best hematites in the world then for good findings of apatites. Even more I was surpirsed to find this specimen together with some smaller pieces from that find. It is a floater all around without any damage worth to mention. It is one of the very finest apatites I have ever seen from Switzerland!
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.6 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
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Three verdelites are parallel and stepped grown here! The crystals have a beautiful green color, very fine luster and are highly glassy! The termination is well pointed and at the lower area of the cluster is grown into some lepidolite. The smallest crystal is repaired once, what is fully acceptable on a piece like this. Free of damage and a perfect fit for the advanced collector!
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Extremely rare and outstandingly beautiful! To see the whole overwhelming elegancy of this specimen, you would have to watch the video in awe! Brilliant quality, a perfect composition and wonderful contrast all add up to this fantastic specimen of Alpine apophyllite.