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Kristallwand, Frosnitztal, East Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.4 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
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Typical for this site, the crystals on this piece have a reddish brown color, which is particularly nice in the glassy crystals! It is a very natural piece of matrix that is covered on both sides with adular microcrystals. There's a whole lot of brown titanites on the front, with a single larger main crystal standing out prominently! Very attractive in person!
Água Branca Mine, Ouro Fino, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
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It has the ocean blue color, it has the pointed termination, it has the addition of fine purple lepidolite. This tourmaline is quite lovely indeed and even if it is not a hundred percent perfect (there is a broken side-crystal at the backside somewhere at the top of the lepidolite zone and it is repaired once) it is certainly a pretty crystal! The combination of blue, pink and purple is what sets this tourmaline apart from the crowd!
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Size and quality of the emerald crystals on this specimen is utterly amazing for this locale. The longest crystal reach 3 cm in length, they are totally gemmy and with a rich and intensive green color that you could only truthfully describe as "emerald green"! None of the crystal has even the smallest impairment.
The emeralds lie on a velvety matrix of feldspar and mica, which is uncommon in this beauty.
As you can see in our picture and video, the quality and especially the color of the crystals are really impressive!
The piece comes with a label from London base collector David Lucas.
Surrein, Sedrun, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
Size: 5.3 x 4.9 x 2.6 cm
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One single round tabular hematite crystal is embedded in brilliant transparent quartz. Seldomly can you see such well designed combination, paired with sharp and clear crystal quality! The main quartz has 2.5 cm in length and is prominently set on a piece of matrix that is overgrown with small quartz and anatase microcystals! There is no damage!
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It's a lovely little quartz crystal of brilliant quality with an unusually distictinve “faden”. It is limpid and lustrous and well developed. There are minor contacts present but no actual damage.
Val Nalps, Vorderrhein, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.4 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm
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A unique 9.4 cm long doubly terminated crystal with several small side-crystals. The main crystal is dark brown, sharp and lustrous. The side-crystals add much to the overall aesthetics! The backside of the specimen is rough and intergrown with countless feldspar micro-crystals. Apart from that the specimen is flawless and completely undamaged!
Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Size: 7.6 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
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The 4 cm long main crystal is super lustrous, glassy and has some beautiful sprays of golden red rutile needles inside. That crystal is set on a cluster of equally beautiful quartz crystals protruding in all directions like a star. The condition is fantastic. The floater specimen has hardly any abrasions at all. An amazing specimen with sweeping aesthetics!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 8.6 x 7.4 x 4 cm
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Perfect!! Another hematite with amazing quality and aesthetics. The shape is very fine and it is terminated all around.Beautiful!
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 8.5 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
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This piece has a beautiful aesthetics! The crystals have high luster, very good gemminess and are free of damage. The size of the bigger crystal is 1.8cm on edge. All these properties combine to make this an exceptional piece. Much better in person!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 7.4 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
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This fluorite comes from the famous pocket made by the Ruffibachs many decades ago. It is not sawn at the back as most of the specimens I have seen from this locale. The two crystals are well situated on the matrix, showing a great quality. You just need to see the video of that piece and you will quickly see the beauty of this specimen.
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The crystal on this piece has a very good size of 2.2 cm from tip to tip, and is well situated on a beautiful matrix in combination with some small crystals of snow white adularia. The edges of the crystal are very sharp and the color is very nice too. Over all, this is a beautiful piece with great aesthetics and perfection.
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 8.8 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
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What an exceptional tourmaline! This fat crystal is showing orange, yellow and green colors which complements one another very well. Especially to find such an intense orange color on a tourmaline is almost not possible! It is highly lustrous and very impressive in person!