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Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.3 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
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Sharp and highly lustrous, this doubly terminated anatase crystal is set on a beautifully sparkling matrix that provides an intensive contrast to emphasize the main crystal. The main crystal is 1.4 cm long, flawless and with some gemmy blue and brown patches that are visible under strong direct illumination.
Scattered across the surface of the white matrix you find smaller anatase crystals. The piece is highly attractive and in perfect condition.
Tibles Mts., Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 9.6 x 7 x 6.6 cm
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Composed from a beautiful honey-yellow elongated main crystal with various side crystals and accompanied by laumontite and pyrite, this striking specimen is very much unusual. Especially the shiny main crystal draws attention. It stands upon the grey matrix like a menhir, much more 3-dimensional than the picture would suggest. At the tip it is intergrown with fanned out white laumontite which adds a very nice aspect to this already pretty piece. The backside is crystallized all over and shows pyrite crystals of up to 1.1 cm in size. Very nice indeed and in very good condition.
Arzbachgraben, Felbertal, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.8 x 11.6 x 8.4 cm
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Completely flawless all around, this floater is a true eye-catcher. Not just for its significant size, but primarily for its unusually fine aesthetics. Like white petals of a blooming flower, calcite crystals are clustered atop a pretty, mica covered matrix. Especially nice about this specimen is the clear contrast between silky matt white calcite and sparkling black mica. I’m happy to see such a vivid specimen of high quality coming from the Austrian Alps!
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 3.8 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
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A real marvel from the world-famous Pederneira Mine that shows the typical gemmy and highly lustrous bi-color elbaite on pristine white albite. Free of any damage worth mentioning this specimen is deeply impressive and utterly beautiful. The crystal has a raspberry red, translucent core and a water-blue, transparent termination, is perfectly lustrous and basically flawless, with a flat and lustrous termination. The white albite adds a very strong contrast that highlights the colorful tourmaline. Some lavender lepidolite even improves the picture. A highly picturesque specimen of strong colors, great balance and pure textbook aesthetics.
Rudabánya, Kazincbarcika, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Size: 5 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
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Nestled between blueish pieces of matrix, is a cluster of lustrous, deep green, "primary" crystals of malachite. In addition, the malachite crystals, which reach 1.0 cm across, possess areas of gemmy highlights. This is an important specimen for the locality. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection. Ex. Thomas Weiland Collection.
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Very aesthetic specimen of two interlocked anatase on a small piece of calcite covered matrix. The anatase are doubly terminated and very well shaped. The surface is not especially lustrous but smooth and with very little damage all around. A very aesthetic thumbnail specimen of unique character!
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size: 4.6 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
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This is pristine white and lustrous hemimorphite, constructed as a almost complete wheel. That shape is quite straight forward yet unusually nice in person! The wheel is set on a small piece of rusty red matrix, associated with smaller hemimorphite crystals. A very attractive specimen that's in very best condition!
Corrego Frio mine, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 1.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
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A small pearl and a sparkling one! Absolutely brilliant luster shines on this gemmy crystal of utter beauty. Its star-like shape is just exceptional and visible from all sides. A piece that exceeds its physical size by far. Being free of any visible damage, this specimen is a real jewel!
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The most unusual shape of this fluorite from Brandberg is just unbelievable! Perfectly symmetrical and without any contact, matrix or damage anywhere. You might see this as a cross, even the cristian symbol, but the round shape and the kind of human proportions also could be interpreted as an absolutely adorable little person. I have honestly never seen a piece like this before. The honey yellow fluorite is nicely translucent and shows a silky flat surface. At the inside you find some inclusions, not really disturbing on a marvelous piece like this. Totally unique and a real eye-catcher in any showcase!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 10.6 x 8 x 6.5 cm
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An unusually aesthetic paragenesis of quartz and fluorite, associated by some smaller, sharp arsenopyrite crystals on a dark muscovite matrix. Most dominant are two brilliant quartz crystals at the back which oppose a single purple fluorite cube. The quartz is clear, shows excellent luster and a very distinctive and attractive phantom. The fluorite is of similarly high quality, clear and of nice purple color. Some edges show very minimal wear and there is a contact on the muscovite but there is no actual damage to report. An outstanding piece of high quality and superb composition from Yaogangxian, one of Chinas richest mineral deposits!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 4.3 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
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This is a star-shaped quartz cluster with brilliant augelite crystals distributed between the quartz. It is a perfect floater of excellent quality. The augelite is exceptionally sharp, gemmy and of a intense green color. Pieces of such crystal quality - both on augelite and quartz - are a rare exception as mostly the color is pale or crystals are in bad shape. Fortunately this piece is in excellent condition and overall impressive as you can very well see in our video. Terrific!
Scheißgraben, Habach Valley, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.1 x 10.2 x 5.3 cm
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A cluster of sparklingly white quartz crystals, all in perfect condition, is nicely perched to a yellowish matrix plate that is all glistening and studded with smaller quartz of matching quality. This piece is distinctly 3-dimensional and of its very own characteristics. The quality is absolutely top, the aesthetics is catchy yet unusual. An outstanding piece for the locale with no damage at all!