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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!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 13 x 2.6 x 2.9 cm
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This piece is a complete floater of fine ocean blue tourmaline that features a long main crystal, accompanied by a short stocky crystal at the bottom that adds a lot to the overall aesthetics! The tourmaline is very well developed and nicely terminated without any damage. It has nice luster all around, it is translucent and shows this greenish blue color that is especially nice in warm light from which it doesn’t need all too much. Have a look on our video for a better impression on the overall shape, quality and the color!
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.
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This anatase shows a perfect and flawless pointed tip, as is rare at this species. The doubly terminated crystal is almost black but shows a slight blue shimmer when illuminated directly. It is accompanied by some quartz and sits perfectly on a grey and rust-brown matrix. A marvelous and perfect piece with a mysterious character in person.
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
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This piece is outstanding in any respect. Two marvelous amethyst sceptres are combined a this piece with a number of side-crystals. The whole piece is free of any damage, is a floater and is just amazingly rich in details. Perfect purple scepter-heads are in dramatic contrast to green chlorite and yellow and red rutile needles. The faces of the bigger sceptre show windows between perfectly sharp edges. Nothing more to say, this piece is perfect!
Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
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The superb aesthetics of this wonderful piece is simply outstanding. The 1.5 cm main crystal is of a deep red color, is totally clear and in perfectly unharmed condition. Sitting on a snow-white quartz-matrix of perfect proportion accompanied by a couple of gemmy clear quartz crystals this brookite specimen is a uniquely beautiful marvel. Perfect on all sides and impressive in person!