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Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 10.3 x 7.7 x 3.6 cm
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The very uncommon jackstraws-like assembly of this tourmaline specimen might not be for everyone but if you are open for the extraordinary then this one might be just right for your collection!
A number of gemmy and lustrous tourmalines are intergrown in odd angles which adds up to compose this unique sculpture. The crystals are repaired several times but miraculously there are terminations on almost every end. Most impressive is the 8.3 cm crystal at the top left. It is compeltely gemmy with a strawberry red core and blueish green terminations which is very easily lit. Other crystals show similar color zonings with different emphasis towards red, blue or green. This is a surprising eye-catcher that stands out with beautiful quality and extraordinary composition!
Amertal, Mittersill, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.2 x 3 x 2.2 cm
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The titanites on this specimen are exceptionally sharp twin crystals in best condition. The color is a mix of forest green and brown that is very easily lit through the gemmy titanite. With a length of around 3 cm the main crystals are rather dominant and impressive. Around the base there is some adularia and chlorite but no matrix as this is a complete floater. Very sharp exemplar of fine titanite!
Ex Wolfgang Vötter collection!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm
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This "Fensterquartz" is absolutely wonderful and vibrant in person! Fantastic luster, glassy interior and a sweeping composition of interlocked crystals. It is a complete floater with a contact on the backside but which is re-crystallized and not damaged. Very three-dimensional and of highest quality. You definitely have to see this in person to realize its sheer beauty! The piece was found by Wolfgang Vötter, an important Austrian collector who sadly died in 2018 during a collecting trip.
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The size of this single crystal titanite specimen is absolutely stunning, combined with very good quality and a near-flawless condition! While the inside has some impurities and clouds it also has very good gemmy patches and attractive zones of brown and green color. The surface is lustrous with no chloritization which would be common for this material. It is in overall great condition with minimal edge-wear.
Picture 1 and 2 are taken with artificial light, picture 3 and 4 show the piece in natural light with some indirect sunlight from the back.
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The single titanite twin crystal is perfectly aesthetically set on a small piece of matrix, accompanied by white adularia. The titanite is very well developed, doubly terminated and gemmy! It has small abrasions but which are only visible at very close inspection. Absolutely gorgeous thumbnail specimen!
Picture one shows it in artificial light, picture two uses natural light only.
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.3 x 7 x 5 cm
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A three-dimensionally arranged cluster of pericline crystals around a silvery piece of schist matrix. The crystals are up to 3 cm in size with nice off-white color and a waxy luster. It is crystallized all around with no damage and only very minimal contacts. A sculpturesque specimen from this classic locale!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.4 x 3.1 x 2 cm
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Epidote from the Alpine type clefts of Pakistan are a well known species that impresses with gemmy quality and a multitude of different shapes!
Unlike most other specimens from this pocket this epidote is set on a small, very well proportioned piece of epidote-streaked matrix. The main crystal stands a good 3.5 cm from this matrix and is very glassy and sharp with no visible damage or abrasions.
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 7.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm
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Epidote from the Alpine type clefts of Pakistan are a well known species that impresses with gemmy quality and a multitude of different shapes!
This elongated structure is particularly fine and in near flawless condition. One side is studded with small adularias which makes it even more elegant!
Bruchgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.6 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
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This specimen is shaped like an axe, made of white pericline and adularia with a blade of green titanite! The titanite is a 2.5 cm twin crystal, sharp and with intensive color. The whole specimen is in excellent condition and totally unique!
Uchucchacua Mine, Province de Oyon, Peru
Size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
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A wonderful rhodochrosite from the famous Uchucchacua Mine with a 1.9 cm main crystal. The main crystal shows intensive cherry red color, it is gemmy and lustrous and with well developed crystal architecture! It is set on a characteristic black manganese matrix and is accompanied by a small transparent fluorite which is absolutely lovely in person. The matrix is repaired after it broke during the preparation process but the crystal itself was only insignificantly affected at the bottom. The rest is in fantastic condition and shows a sharp and undamaged termination! Beautiful aesthetics and brilliant quality are exceptional on this rhodochrosite
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Size: 7.1 x 6.5 x 4 cm
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Really attractive and interesting is this malachite after azurite from Touissit! The whole specimen is distinctively three-dimensional with a limonite matrix that is studded with small azurites and dolomites and malachite which makes the whole piece exceptionally lively! Atop this matrix is a single star shaped aggregate of azurites that are partly pseudomorph transformed into malachite. Some of the transformed crystals are a bit weathered but none has any damage. It is an unusual specimen that we bought from the Viennese copper-mineral collector Thomas Weiland.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 19.5 x 14 x 5 cm
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This is an exceptionally large and fine barite specimen from the historic mine of Herja. The piece is overgrown with blue-gray bladed barite crystals that show very nice luster. Spread over the barite is some yellow crust (possibly siderite) which looks totally nice and adds contrast. The overall condition is great with some broken crystals but not many and which get drowned by the overall presence of this grand piece!