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Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Size: 14.8 x 13.1 x 5.5 cm
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The Rogerley Mine in England is famous for its fine fluorite specimen of high quality. One exceedingly good piece is the one we are happy to present. An imposing piece, covered with brilliant green fluorite crystals of up to 2.5 cm in size. The crystals are gemmy through and through and show the famous color-change effect: The mossy green color changes to an intense blue when exposed to daylight. Size, composition, quality and sheer beauty are making this superb piece a real stunner of exceptional status!
Pez a Spescha, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
Size: 9.2 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
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Glassy as if it was filled with water this gwindel is entirely free of cracks. Through the perfect lustrous front face you can see every single dot of chlorite that covers parts of the backside and the top, as well as the marvelous surface structure this piece has all around. The bottom is crystallized as well, making this gwindel a perfect floater. Aside of one contacted side-crystal, the condition on this piece is brilliant. A superb, massy and just beautiful specimen!
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 8.9 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
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A massive cluster of pink and turquoise tourmaline with a gemmy and sparkling crown-like termination. Wonderful in every aspect this piece is a real stunner. It is highly lustrous on all sides and free of any considerable damage. At the lower front side there is an imprint of another crystal which, I find, does not disturb the aesthetics of this striking piece. The bottom is fully healed. Overall this is a brilliant and stunning tourmaline specimen that is beautiful on all sides and convincing in every respect! Impressive in person!
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 9 x 4.4 x 4 cm
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Pure textbook aesthetics is what makes this amethyst special. A large main crystal at the center is accompanied by several smaller side-crystals, perfectly arranged as a spray. The crystals are transparent, mostly colorless but with nice purple and smoky zones as is typical for the locale. A wilbur at the main crystals tip is barely noticeable, especially from the front. This is a highly aesthetic example of Goboboseb Amethyst!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 5.4 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
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Highly unusual but staggeringly appealing, this is a perfect azurite aggreagate of high quality. At the lower parts and expecially at the side the crystal is somehow erroded but which makes for a completely unusual appearance as I have not seen alike. Some brown crumbling matrix adds more contrast to the dark, lustrous and gemmy blue azurite. There is no damage here, even the bottom is all natural. An outstanding specimen, perfect on all sides.
Marmottakluft, Grimselpass, Haslital, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
Size: 10.3 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
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Colorless quartz gwindels are actually harder to find in the Alps than are smoky quartz gwindels. Fortunately in 1987 the famous Marmottakluft produced this great matrix piece, being a rarity even to this cleft. The nearly closed gwindel is of exceptional luster and clarity. Being perched on a beautiful matrix among high quality side crystals we can honestly say we are dazzled by this specimen. There are two smaller chips at the backside, being hidden for the jagged crystallization und thus not visible from the front. The rest - even the side crystals - is just perfect. The brownish matrix holds a couple of tiny anatase crystals, is naturally broken at the bottom and a fittingly pretty base for this pristine crystal. The solidification of a real "wow" factor!
Frunthorn, Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 11.1 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
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This is exactly the rich cherry-red color fluorite from frunthorn are known for. Seeing two of these crystals - the larger of which is nearly 3 cm on edge - on a beautiful piece of matrix leaves me marveling, especially as there is not a single flaw in sight. The characteristic wheathered granite matrix provides a beautiful sparkling basis and makes this a outstanding Alpine specimen. Watch the video for a better impression of the 3-dimensional quality of this wonderful piece!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 14.3 x 9.1 x 7.3 cm
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A compelling landscape of dark brown smoky quartz and snow white adularia crystals on matrix. It is a piece of stark contrast, like quartz and adularia fighting an everlasting war for attention. Both minerals are well balanced, none is getting the upper hand. In between those fronts there is some associated chlorite and byssolite to fill the gaps. An impressive piece of high quality, free of damage and full of lovely details spread all across the massy, natural matrix.
N`Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
Size: 4.8 x 4 x 3 cm
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This brownish orange crystal with neon-yellow core is in fact a hybrid of ettringite and sturmanite, forming this dramatic piece. As a single crystal on dark contrasting matrix, the impact of this very rare specimen is exceptional. The hexagonal shape of this flawless sturmanite is nicely discernible all around and even shows faces at the bottom like on a doubly terminated crystal. We luckily got this piece out of an old collection as there is not much new comming these days. A rare chance for an excellent strumanite/ettringite specimen!
Popberg Alp, Untersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.6 x 4.4 x 4 cm
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About 1 km south of the Knappenwand and its famous epidote is the Popberg, home of these classy adularia crystals. Several adularia crystals of superb quality, gemmy, lustrous and partly covered in some chlorite, are perched on a brilliantly sparkling piece of matrix. The backside is naturally broken and even shows some lovely crystallization. This is a piece of great aesthetics, where the chlorite adds color and contrast just in the right amount. Marvelous quality, perfect proportions and no damage on any of those great adularia crystals!
Monte Prosa, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Tessin (Ticino), Switzerland
Size: 8.1 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
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A filigree sculpture of pure white adularia that is a complete floater. The adularia is highly lustrous and of great translucent quality. Spread over it is a rather small amount of green chlorite adding a nice Alpine character without disturbing the beauty of this lovely piece. Remarkable and in perfect condition!
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 12.1 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm
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The famed purple color of Zogno fluorite is absolutely mesmerizing at this unusually well shaped piece. Most pieces are so heavily etched - which is not per se a bad thing - that the original habit is unrecognisable. Here on the other hand the cubical shape is obvious with amazing 9.3 cm on edge. Bottom and backside are more heavily etched and gradually the shape turns into a more typicall Zogno fluorite. Best color is at the bottom of the crystal so a low backlight illumination would bring out this flash of purple color in the most favorable way!