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Laghman Province, Nuristan , Afghanistan
Size: 4.8 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
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The distinctive bend this tourmaline crystal describes is a compelling eye-catcher. Combine that with the superb luster, the wonderful complex termination, the pronounced three colors and the fact that this is actually a complete doubly terminated crystal and you got one astonishing specimen indeed! The surface is all lustrous and with fine striations. Simply beautiful!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 7.1 x 6.7 x 5 cm
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The single green fluorite is a distinctive speck of color on the vivid black and white matrix of crystallized quartz and schorl. Condition is great all around with some contacts around the base but otherwise it's all crystallized. The fluorite itself is completely flawless, well developed and has great transparency. It has a reddish brown core and characteristic green towards the frosted surface.
Monte Prosa, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Tessin (Ticino), Switzerland
Size: 5 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
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The main iron rose on this little specimen has a diameter of 1.1 cm. That's not large but all the more beautiful. A perfectly defined, freely presented and lustrous rosette of fine hematite blades in utter perfection. This extremely fine iron rose is set on a crystallized white feldspar matrix. A second hematite aggregate further down completes the picture.
Galenstock, Rhone Glacier, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
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A lovely fluorite on quartz from a recent find last summer on Galenstock in Switzerland. The fluorite has2.3 cm in diameter and shows stunning quality! As you can see in the picture, the balance of fluorite and the small quartz crystal is really appealing. The fluorite itself strikes with intensive pink color, great clarity and a beautifully structured, lustrous surface. While the backside of the specimen is contacted and rough, the front is really exceptional.
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attikí Pref., Greece
Size: 6.3 x 3 x 2.3 cm
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The Serpieri mine is the type locality of Glaucocerinite and it is knows for still being the world's best locale for this extremely rare mineral. This is a very light weight floater of brown limonite, almost completely covered in bright sky blue glaucocerinite. This color is what makes the mineral so attractive. The micro-botryoidal crystals have a characteristic waxy luster. Some edges of the three-dimensional structure are damaged, which is where you can see the limonite matrix, but most is intact. An attractive rarity of strikingly intense color!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 10.2 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm
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One more fine hematite also in combination with titanite!
Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
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Another very nice alpine fluorite with great color and also crystallized at the back. Currently in the A. Watzl Sr. Collection
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!