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Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 8.7 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
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This is a gorgeous paragenesis of aquamarine and apatite on muscovite. The specimen features a 2.8 cm main aquamarine and a brilliant 1.5 cm fluorapatite. The whole assembly looks stunning in person and is in very best condition! Orange iron oxide coating on the muscovite brings a nice color and contrasts with the intensive pink apatite. The aquamarine is admittedly rather pale but makes up for this with very good luster, gemmyness and nice bevelled terminations. Our video gives a good impression about quality and aesthetics of this fine specimen!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 3.5 x 3.4 x 2 cm
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Green malachite is certainly the best contrasting combination for this single royal blue azurite crystal! The azurite is 1.4 cm in size and is prominently set at the top of this beautiful and well balanced matrix. It is flawless all around, shows best bright luster and just amazing blue color at direct illumination! It's a brilliant thumbnail sized specimen of best quality and aesthetics!
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 3.8 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
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A 1.4 cm apatite aggregate that strikes with intensive violet color is set on a white quartz matrix. The crystals are very well developed and without damage. Our video gives a nice impression of shape and the lovely apatite color!
Schinschlucht, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.7 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
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This is a distinctive high quality floater specimen of transparent quartz with fascinating green chlorite phantoms inside. The 8.1 cm main crystal is doubly terminated and set on a beautiful cluster of white quartz with some orange calcite in between. The whole specimen is in outstanding condition, brilliant and of striking aesthetics with intriguing chlorite phantoms which make it highly unusual and appealing in person!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 3.9 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
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One single main titanite is set on a highly attractive matrix of chlorite, white calcite and green titanite side-crystals. It is around 2.2 cm long, brilliant, sharp and intensively green! The crystal is repaired which greatly reduces the price on this otherwise outstandingly beautiful high class specimen!
Laman celestine deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis, Afghanistan
Size: 6.9 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
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It's a highly aesthetic celestine from the new finds in the Laman celestine deposit. The piece shows a 2.3 cm long main crystal sitting centrally on a very nicely crystallized matrix. The matrix is coated with fine orange/brown calcite crystals, which creates an excellent contast. The single celestine shows a beautiful and intense blue color, it is sharp-edged and free of damage. In our video you get a very good impression of the quality of the crystal and the stunning aesthetics!
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Faden quartz specimens from Crete are known but not exactly common. This specimen shows a remarkable size and a very distinctive white faden that runs through the crystal. The quartz is transparent and lustrous and very well defined. Only the right side shows a contact and some damage but that's hardly visible from the front. Apart from that this is a striking specimen with a broad window-like front and an easily visible faden!
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 4 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
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That's a very sharp crystal with high brilliance and intense color. If it is shown with light from the bottom, the color gets even more intense with a good portion of red. It is well-terminated with extremely fine luster all around.
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 13.7 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
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This group of crystals look like a modern tower, sparkling in the sun! It is a true art of nature! The excellent luster, in combination with the sharp crystals of good size, and the beautiful aesthetics make this specimen very exceptional. There are small crystals of quartz between the galena, covered by some matrix with yellowish to brown color. Very 3-dimensional and much better in person!!
Frunthorn, Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.4 x 6 x 1.9 cm
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If you check the collections in Switzerland you will quickly realize that it is almost impossible to find a good fluorite with red color. This piece was found many years ago and shows this "red" color. It is free of damage and well situated on matrix. The quality of the faces is very good and lustrous, which is also hard to find. All in all this is a beautiful specimen of fluorite from the Alps!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 6.1 x 4 x 2.7 cm
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A high quality fluorite with great luster, intense color, glassy crystals, lovely aesthetycs and beautiful phantoms! With some light the color gets exactly as vibrant as shown on the photos, which is very hard to show on the video. Absolutely gorgeous in person and apart from minimal edgewear, free of damage!
Rotbach, Ahrntal, South Tyrol, Italy
Size: 6 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
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WOW, this adularia twin is showing perfectly aesthetics!The crystal is well situated on a very nice matrix, which also makes a good contrast to the adularia. Beautiful in person!