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Very nicely crystallized rose quartz of striking pink color and sculpturesque composition! The single crystals are arranged as a semicircle which is very attractive in person, also from the backside. A lovely specimen of high quality and in best condition all over. The special shape and intensive pink color make this appealing piece very much unique!
Rauriser Schwarzkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.7 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
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A rare and highly aesthetic paragenesis of dominant cubical pyrite, glassy colorless quartz and silvery arsenopyrite on a nice and beautiful orange matrix! Alpine pyrite is a rare thing to find, especially in such well arranged composition. The crystals are virtually perfect and complete all around. Sure, the pyrite is not as golden as Peruvian specimens but a comparison would be foolish anyway. This is Alpine and for that it's spectacular indeed!
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Size: 6.6 x 4.3 x 4 cm
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This honey-yellow calcite from the Mashamba West Mine is a beautiful cluster of highly lustrous and glassy crystals in perfect shape, arranged as a sweeping sculpture! The distinctively 3-dimensional assembly is better visible in our video! Breathtaking luster and brillinace nicely catch the light and distribute warm amber-colored light. The backside is covered in green malachite which offers some contrast with the calcite. Apart from one single cleavage near the base this whole specimen is flawless and just beautiful in person!
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!