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Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 7.1 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
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Unusually shaped like a twinsting tornado of sharp and intensively red vanadinite. Especially the frontside shows crystals of brilliant quality, while the also well crystallized backside is largely covered in a ochre-colored coating. Still, the most unusual part about this piece is the shape which, apart from one tiny ding at the backside, just perfect all around. A beautiful floater with sharp, strawberry-red crystals attractively arranged!
Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 11 x 9.2 x 5.3 cm
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Impressive in size, quality and due to its unique composition this is a fantastic piece and actually one of the most beautiful Swiss quartz specimens we have ever layed eyes on! It has been found by Alfons Derungs and was for many years a center piece of his collection. Every single crystal is in absolutely perfect condition with sharp termination and highest luster. The quartz is gemmy with nice smaller phantoms at some spots. At the backside of the main crystals you find smaller attached crystals that are beautifully reflecting through the glassy quartz. A fabulous cluster of quartz on a matrix that provides a stark contrast. We are proud to be able to present such an extraordinary piece!
Göschener Alp, Göschenen, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 4.7 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
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Definitely one of the nicer fluorite pieces I have seen so far, coming from Göschener Alp. An absolutely lovey floater that holds a composition of brilliant pink fluorite and contrasting white adularia. All crystals are of high quality. Bright color, a limpid inside and wonderful luster. Aside of one or two contacts at the back this piece is free of any damage and remarkably appealing all around.
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 14 x 11 x 4.5 cm
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This is an amazingly rich and beautiful specimen of octahedral fluorite on white needle-quartz. The fluorites are all in best condition, transparent and with a nice satin surface. What's special about the fluorites from this find is the color, green at the center with distinctive purple edges! The backside is a massive green fluorite matrix. This specimen has an appealing overall shape and great color contrast!
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 4.8 x 3.2 x 3 cm
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This is a brilliant and particularly aesthetic fluorite specimen. A single colorless fluorite cube is based atop a lovely crystallzid matrix, accompanied by rhombohedral calcite crystals. The fluorite is water-clear to the core with a shiny surface. The cube is almost coplete with seven visible corners one of which, the one at the very front, is nicely modified. An overall attractive spcimen of outstanding quality and striking aesthetics!
Leckbachrinne, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.2 x 4 x 2.8 cm
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Who doesn't know the unique emerald from Habach Valley? This silvery piece of characteristic mica schist holds one gemmy emerald crystal of saturated water green color that is a staggering 2.8 cm long! The elongated, 3-dimensional matrix provides a beautiful and eye-catching base for the remarkable embedded crystal. The Leckbachrinne in Habach Valley is Europe's best locality for emerald crystals, known since the time of the old Romans. Great color and highly attracive aesthetics are marking this specimen as a major example for this famous locale!
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A highly unusual, pincer-shaped smoky quartz specimen that is utterly unique. The transparent quartz is massively modified at one half with a manifold of lustrous faces yet shows straight quartz crystallization on the other half - even if the growth pattern is hard to recognize. As a floater this quartz seems flawless on all sides except for one, not quite obvious damage at the tip of the smaller part of the pincer. An eye-catcher for the collector of unusual crystal shapes or appealing, unique Alpine minerals!
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Quartz from the Koralpe in Styria, a very old rock mass, is not found easily which makes this a great collectors piece. The color of this smoky quartz is absolutely top, a warm brown, dark and intense. The frontside shows jsut brilliant luster. The backside is another story, it is heavily broken and contacted. Fortunately the termination is largely intact with only some edgewear. Definitely a great piece for the locale despite some drawbacks but which are only visible from the backside.
Brand, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.7 x 3 x 2.6 cm
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A doubly terminated smoky quartz floater with a distinctly developed scepter head. The crystal is translucent to transparent, where especially the terminations are quite clear. The whole piece is free of damage with only minor edgewear here and there. One side-crystal is broken but re-healed, the main crystal is all complete and sharp. An interesting and unusual specimen from this uncommon locale in Felbertal!
Ankogelgruppe, Anlauftal, Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.7 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
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The glassy and lustous quartz includes sharp and thick needles of red rutile. The color combination of rutile and orange limonite is quite dramatic and beautiful in person. Turning the piece around you will find a distinct sagenite pattern that covers the bottom and parts of the lower backside before immersing into the quartz. With no damage at all on best quality quartz and utterly attractive inner life, this is a wonderful specimen that's equally unusual and appealing!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
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This is a wonderful floater of epidote and quartz showing great aesthetics and quality. The golden jewel like quartz is building a perfect base for the perfect crytallized epidote.Even for the famous Knappenwand this would be impressive, and I have never seen a good combination of quartz and epidote there.The combination is very typical for Val Cavrein, while this is the best piece I have seen so far. Overall a real alpine jewel that is extremely rare.
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 5.5 x 4.9 x 4 cm
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The combination of light green tourmaline and lilac lepidolite is amazingly beautiful in person! The glassy main tourmaline stands out over 3 cm atop the lepidolite/tourmaline mix, is flawless and has a brilliant complex termination. The base is distinctly three-dimensional and in very best condition.