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Nyet-Bruk, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 9 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
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Beryllionite is an extremely rare sodium beryllium phosphate that only occures on very few locales worldwide. One of the most significant sources for beryllionite is Afghanistan and, quite similar in quality and appearance, Pakistan. The milky white, translucent cogwheel crystal is characteristic for this region although many of them are opaque on not as nicely crystallized. The wheel prominently sits on a beautiful white cleavelandite and mica. Absolutely spectacular aesthetics in person and free of any damage!
Gjaidtroghöhe, Gr. Fleißtal, Heiligenblut, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 11.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
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A single crystal that shows very good overall quality: great transparency, excellent luster and a well defined sharp termination. The crystal is all complete and flawless. While the front is smooth and lustrous the backside is studded with small quartz crystals that make for a unique and very much appealing appearance! An unusually fine specimen from this rather uncommon locale!
Wurtenkees, Innerfragant, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 10.2 x 9.8 x 5.4 cm
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The frontside of this colorless quartz piece is tightly packed with amethyst crystals, developed as scepter-heads. The crystals are transparent, lustrous and show a very distinct color. The quartz matrix is nicely crystallized on all sides, making this piece a floater specimen in very good condition - one damaged crystal at the top is hardly visible at this multifaceted specimen.
A unusual and attractive specimen from the Wurten glacier, better known for Alpine gold and scheelite!
Tole, Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Size: 18.6 x 10 x 4.1 cm
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With over 18 cm this faden quartz is actuall HUGE! Large 2.4 cm thick tabular quartz crystals with brilliant luster and glassy quality are intergrown along the white thread that distinctly runs from bottom to top. The condition is outstanding with only very minimal damage on a backside side-crystal. Rough edges are actually crystallized and perfect! A stunning and absolutely sweeping specimen!
Selva, Sedrun, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
Size: 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
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This miniature quartz specimen is just lovely in person! The two quartz crystals are super-aesthetically attached to a small piece of matrix, covered in adularia microcrystals! Both crystals are colorless and completely clear with sharp chisel-tip terminations. There is not the slightes sign for any flaws! The matrix is naturally broken in just the right size to supporte the quartz!
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 4.6 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
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This combination piece is really something exceptional for its superb aesthetics! It is a characteristic barite from Mibladen with a dominant cerussite cluster atop. The cerussite is glassy and lustrous with a beautiful golden-brown color. The whole cluster is complete and free of any damage or even abrasions. It sits upon a perfectly well crystallized matrix of tabular white barite that is painted in some rust-red iron oxide. There is some contact at the lower front but nothing serious. The overall balance is just the way we like it and there are no downsides here. The backside is evenly well developed and the cerussite is flawless even here!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 3.8 x 1.2 x 1 cm
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This marvelous little amethyst strikes with a well defined sceptre habit, a sharp and flawless termination as well as superb aesthetics! The lovely purple sceptre head is set on a colorless stem. At the foot of this stem you can see some glistening mica and a small quartz side-crystal. All this combined results in perfect and amazingly beautiful textbook aesthetics! The reason for the comparatively low price is a hardly visible repair on the line between stem and head, while the rest is all perfect and in flawless condition!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 4.2 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
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A complete and almost perfect single crystal amethyst that looks ordinary at first but really knows to impress the longer you look! The glassy and free of any inpurities interior is a mesmerizing play of colorless zones and intensive purple clouds. The surface has beautiful windows at the smooth, slightly frosted prism faces. The doubly terminated (!!!) crystal shows two very well developed pyramids. What looks damaged at the tip is but a small irregular growing that is encrusted with some limonite. One small chip at the bottom termination is the only issue here, the rest is free of even the slightest abrasions. Very attractive in person and of exceptional quality!
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Crystals from this locale are known for their remarkable color that exceeds virtually everything that has been seen before 2008, when the material from Astor Valley first appeard. The single tetragonal crystal shows impressive, gemmy cherry red color and is distinctly developed. With a size of 1.5 cm on edge and a total length considerably over 2 cm it is a formidable crystal and very well situated on matrix.
Specimens of such excellent aesthetics and crystal quality are hard to come by and a gain for every showcase!
Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Size: 5.4 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
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Really amazing here is the clear, elegant and simply beautiful aesthetics.
Unlike the usual geodes that come from this region this specimen was discovered as a freely grown, extremely well crystallized specimen which is rare and stunning already!
The solid main crystal with brilliant quality and very strong purple color at the sharp pyramidal termination stands at the center of bright and glassy side crystals fanning out around its base.
The overall quality is absolutely superb and there is hardly any abrasions except for maybe one or two peripheral dings.
I was able to get this one from Munich based collector Malte Sickinger who had it on display at the special exhibition at the 2019 Munich Show.
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.1 x 4.1 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 is a lovely aggregate of fragile but undamaged crystals. As a floater it has only a small contact but no breaks. Very handsome and appealing!
Gjaidtroghöhe, Große Fleiß valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 6.5 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
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Pyrite of this unusual spherical architecture and such exceptionally aesthetical design is totally unique for this locale and the Austrian Alps as a whole!
Two balls of pyrite with a rust brown patina are prominently set on a very nice vivid matrix that is a combination of mica-schist with feldspar micro-crystals and orange/brown limonite. The pyrite is in very best shape and without even the smallest abrasions! This is a gorgeous specimen of utter importance for the locale!