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Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.4 x 4.7 x 4 cm
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It's not only a completely transparent etched quartz crystal with best luster but also in surprisingly well condition! At some parts you can see the original hexagonal shape - for example when you look from the top, but also there are some flat faces left. The top and bottom terminations are completely etched. Brilliant luster and perfect transparency make this look like a sculpture of pure ice!
Ritterkar, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 27.5 x 16.5 x 12.5 cm
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This huge rutilated quartz from the Ritterkar is surely not for everyone. It is wild, it is untamed and rugged. But it is also full of natural beauty! Lustrous quartz is mixed with silvery schist matrix and orange limonate. Inside the quartz you can see rich rutile inclusions but also a strong orange color that originates in iron oxide filling out small cracks in the quartz. There are many contacts but the more you look, the more you realize: there really is no damage here. If you are in for a natural beauty of stunning size then have a closer look on this unusual specimen!
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!