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Panasqueira Mine, Panasqueira, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Size: 7 x 5 x 3.9 cm
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This is an exquisite and well-situated crystal of apatite on matrix from Panasqueira. The crystal has a very good luster and a very interesting green color.
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 2.8 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
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While it is very hard to find any titanites on matrix, this crystals is perfectly situated on it. It has a very good twinned shape. Free of damage!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 6.7 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
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This fluorite of high quality shows a great contrast to the yellowish quartz!
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 10.3 x 9 x 3.3 cm
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WOW, a steel blue indigolite of high quality is perfectly shooting out of the matrix in a dramatic way. The beautiful long elongated crystal has an impressive length of 9.5cm and shows a very fine pointed termination. It is repaired once, what is highly accepted by many collectors, as more or less all pieces are repaired from this mine! The matrix consists of feldspar, some lepidolite and good crystalized quartz. It is a while ago now sice a good pocked was found at the Pederneira mine and I was very lucky to find such a good piece in an old collection.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
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A group of perfectly clear quartz crystals fanning-out and reaching to the sky. While the upper crystals are of truly fantastic luster and sharpness (you can see through them as through a window!) the ones at the bottom are milky but still without damage. The crystals are almost colorless but possess a very slight coloring as is typical for the region of Cavradi. The “vâ€-shaped zones at the bottom are contacted and to the most part healed. What add an extra bonus to the general appearance are numerous white calcite crystals, spread across the whole piece. Especially lovely in my opinion are those tiny ones, sitting atop the terminations of the quartz. Very lively and pretty!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.5 x 6 x 6 cm
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Epidote with byssolite, albite and calcite on matrix. Fantastic!This specimen is simply unique in any respect. No reparations, no damage, not a single scratch. The piece offers a view on a alpine landscape, where green grass, moss and lichen are dominating the vegetation, scattered with rocks and some gnarled trees.The epidote is brilliantly lustrous and is in stark contrast to the white calcite. This is a superb and highly detailed piece of outstanding quality. For a better view on the sparkling luster, please watch the video!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.4 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
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This piece shows unusually nice aesthetics. One single isolated main crystal of hübnerite is nested in a chaotic group of sparkling and clear quartz needles. The main crystal with a size of 2.2 x 1.1 cm is impressive and very much emphasized by the accompanying quartz and hübnerite side-crystals. This is a supberb piece of perfect composition!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
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One tabular hematite crystal with small spots of sparkling red rutile, perched on a beautiful white matrix. Both sides of the hematite are perfectly mirroring. It is free of any damage, with one healed part at the side that is not visible from the front. A perfectly aesthetic piece without any drawbacks!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 6.8 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
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It needs some illumination, true. But when provided, this specimen offers a spectacular view of bright colors and an unusually pretty shape! As you can see in the video, the amount of necessary backlight is not too high anyway and you are easily able to reveal a color-play that is totally unique. It's like a striking cherry-red tourmaline with a perfectly modified termination grows out of another, fresh apple-green tourmaline. At the backside you find some white adularia as a side-mineral. The bottom of this fabulous specimen is terminated. Except for one tiny chip at the back side of the upper termination, which is not visible when observed from the front, this tourmaline is in a very good condition. Beautiful and simply outstanding!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 4.6 x 2 x 1.5 cm
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This is a high class rubellite with excellent textbook aesthetics. It has been found in spring last year at the famous cruzeiro mine in Brazil. The crystal is of bright pink color with juicy, cherry red terminations. I love the combination with small lepidolite and white muscovite as well as the stepped growth of the crystal. The bottom is crystallized and covered in lepidolite as well, leaving no contact or broken patch. Flawless and well balanced all around, this piece is a highly attractive choice for any advanced collection!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.2 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
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A perfect 6.2 cm smoky quartz crystal is accompanied by a smaller, 4.1 cm long side-crystal of matching quality. The quartz is all clear and lustrous, sharp and without damage. The main crystal has a minimal issue at the front but which is fully re-healed. A nice little specimen without compromise.
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A single sharp and well shaped anatase crystal on a contrasting white albite matrix. The black crystal shows the dipyramidal shape with modified terminiation that is typical for Hardangervidda anatase. The surface shows metallic luster while admittedly the back faces are much more lustrous, mirroring in fact, where the front faces are a bit dull in comparison. Most striking about this piece is the perfect composition anyway, the well balanced proportions of matrix and anatase. An absolutely appealing piece with a large 1.3 cm crystal and no considerable damage!