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Pyingyi Taung, Male, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
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Brilliantly sparkling tourmaline from a recent find in Myanmar that has produced a small number of exceptional tourmalines with highest quality and beauty!! The crystals from this find show incredibly good quality and very attractive deep red color that stands out from the large number of tourmalines worldwide! This miniature specimen is crowded with beautiful crystals. Among the many small tourmalines there is one main crystal, 1.7 cm long and 1.6 cm in diameter, dwarfing all the others. All crystals show best sparkling luster and very well developed polyhedral terminations. The color appears cherry-red all over but at closer observation the crystals have a beautiful greenish brown center. There is no damage overall, only peripheral contacts. Have look on our video for a better view of the bright luster and the remarkably intensive color!
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This piece has got enormous "showcase presence"! It is not just large but also strikes with pristine quality and a dramatic, elevated main crystal: An "L" shaped combination of two crystals in a wide 110° angle with a total span of 16.5 cm across! The quartz is sharp, glassy white with brilliant luster all around! The whole construct has ideal aesthetics. Smaller doubly terminated quartz crystals form the base upon which the dominant and artful quartz shape is set. As a floater this specimen is all complete and generally in very best condition! A wonderful specimen of superb quality and aesthetics!
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
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This Stak Nala tourmaline group strikes me as completely unusual! Four crystals are parallelly aligned, divided only by some accompanying white albite! All tourmalines are about equally long and thick, show pyramidal terminations and very good luster all around! The top has great open green and turquoise color, further down the crystals turn opaque which is characteristic for the locale. The white albite is a lovely and fragile background for these four crystals and adds to the overall aesthetics! Have a look on our video for a look on the 3-dimensional quality of this piece!
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I have hardly ever seen a quartz with such exceptional phantoms inside! The cololess quartz is clear on the inside and has good luster, especially on the front. The front face is like a window through which you can see the very distinctive dark green phantom that reaches out from the bottom like a spear! At closer inspection this is another first generation quartz with heavy chloritizations on the surface, which got overgrown by the second generation quartz. Absolutely unique and faszinating! Another, much fainter phantom is visible just below the termination. Some iron oxide layer on the backside of the crystal adds even more color and structure to this already rich specimen. Turning the piece around you will even find some rutile needles grown into a small vug-like hole near the termination. The condition is great with some rough edges at the termination but no actual damage! This specimen generously shows its many beautiful details as you very well can see in our video!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.4 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way. This specimen is a dominant epidote "bow tie" that is accompanied by a smaller version attached to it like in an acrobatic performance. Both clusters are in best condition! A lovely specimen of exceptional aesthetics!
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Brilliant glassy quartz crystals of vibrant pink color and attractive shape!
The quartz comes as sharply developed short crystals with bright luster that don't need much light to show their intriguing color. The specimen is crystallized and in very best condition all around!
Val Nalps, Vorderrhein, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 2.6 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
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A nice, sharp and gemmy titanite twin-crystal with a complex termination. The color is a play of mossy green and chestnut brown, which you can better see in our video. Great single crystal exemplar for this uncommon locale!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.4 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
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A very showy specimen of bright sparkling iron rose aggregates in association with muscovite and small quartz crystals. The hematite has a total dimension of around 4 cm and is a patchwork of rosettes with excellent metallic luster. The condition is overall very good with only very minimal issues. It's a distinctive and still characteristic hemaitite specimen from this classic locale!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 6.2 x 3 x 2.2 cm
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Back in 2003 Heinz Kirchtag opened a cleft which contained some of the most exceptional Amethyst specimens ever to come from the Austrian Alps! This very specimen in one of those and it is a piece of pure perfection! The termination is a sharp and flawless pyramid with super lustrous faces that reflect the intensive purple color of the quartz. Prism faces are slightly frosted but only so much to add a nice silky touch. Large parts of those faces show the so called "windows", beautifully structured growth patterns. Around the base you can see some muscovite which is characteristic for the locale. Overall this specimen is a fantastic specimen of best quality and aesthetics with no downsides at all!
Saurüssel, Mörchnerkar, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.1 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
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We have seen larger, we have seen more dominant. But this little specimen is absolutely gorgeous and lovely and shows a quality that is almost impossible to find! Several sceptre amethyst crystals are arranged next to each other to form a nice jagged outline. The crystal size ranges from several tiny millimeters to a little over two visible centimeters at the larger amethysts. The largest crystal at the left is actually 4.2 cm long as it continues down to the very bottom of the specimen which you can see in our video. All crystals are glassy, almost watery and highly lustrous all around! The tips show nice purple color that is rather strong for this small sized quartz crystals. Around the amethyst there is some rusty limonite and even some fine needles of rutile which round out the piece. Very unusual and totally lovely in person!
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
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This is a first-class indicolite specimen of intensive color and striking textbook aesthetics! The main crystal is 3.5 cm long and 1 cm thick and shows absolutely beautiful blue color. At closer view you can see a color change from marvelous ocean blue to a pure indigo towards the termination! Beautiful color, brilliant luster, gemmy crystal quality and a wonderful albite matrix with indicolite side-crystals combine for a piece of exceptional elegance! An amazing specimen in absolutely best condition!
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The main titanite has a size of 2.7 cm and prominently shows its gemmy side with a mix of mossy green and brown. The crystal is very well defined and sharp. Towards its left end it starts to get encompassed by some chlorite which also dominates the back of the specimen where a tight cluster of titanites is present as you can very well see in our video. The titanite cluster is set on a small piece of feldspar/chlorite matrix that is crystallized even at the bottom.