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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!
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 10.8 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
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It's an elegant sculpture of bright yellow brucite on a small piece of rock matrix. The brucite shows very best color and quality with wonderful luster and transparency! It is perfect all around which is hard to imagine on a delicate piece like this. An exceptional and highly appealing piece of this bright mineral!
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 9.6 x 5.7 x 4 cm
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A complex group of tourmaline crystals of different character, arranged on an amorphous tourmaline-matrix. The main crystal at the top is for sure the most striking one as it shows absolutely brilliant gemmy quality, a perfect pointed termination and nice open colors that range from pink to a greenish yellow tip. The other crystals have a flat termination but are also highly lustrous, undamaged and colorful. Some are translucent, some have a gemmy, intensively pink core. The overall aesthetics is somewhat chaotic but rich with very nice tourmalines of high quality! There are several very well done repairs but which aren't visible at all.
Großer Finagl, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.3 x 9.5 x 6.2 cm
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Adularia, pericline and chlorite are all stacked upon each other on this very attractive, distinctly three-dimensional specimen. The piece was found around 1993 by Gerhard and Hannes Hofer and made it's way to Austrian collectors Karl Podpeskar and Dr. Reinhard Dallinger (both labels are enclosed with the piece). Despite its age the piece lost nothing of its brilliance and is free of any damage. Even the backside is completely crystallized and beautiful. A charming specimen of amazing Alpine character!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
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This brilliant and sparkling shard of quartz is a complete floater with only minimal and hard to notice abrasions. The quartz is transparent, complex and lustrous on front and backside. Some chlorite and limonite add a spark of life to this sharp and sweeping sculpture!
Ankogelgruppe, Anlauftal, Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.6 x 3 x 2.9 cm
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A complex stepped pyrite with nice bronze colored patina all over. The crystal is attached to some white feldspar at the back and bottom but is otherwise pure pyrite in near-perfect condition. Shape and color of this specimen are unusual and beautiful in person!
Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Size: 7.7 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm
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It's a striking amethyst from the new finds in the Zambezi Valley. The crystal has a size of 7.7 cm with a 4.8 cm long scepter head of brilliant quality! It is glassy and highly lustrous and has the most intensive purple color, especially near the pointed termination! The stem is white quartz with characteristic dots of red hematite inclusions. The whole specimen is in very best damage-free condition and even the bottom is not broken but crystallized.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 2.9 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
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This hematite specimen is constructed from several stacked tiles that are sharply defined on all sides and beautifully jeweled with fire red rutiles. There is some feldspar at the base but apart from that it's just solid hematite. The condition is superb with just some insignificant abrasions but nothing that's visible from the front. Absolutely gorgeous little specimen!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 12.2 x 7 x 4.4 cm
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The rich combination of lime-green cuprian smithsonite on white dolomite is utterly amazing! The luminous smithsonite crystals are color intensive, highly lustrous and gemmy! Specimens of such gorgeous abundance are hard to find nowadays but never lost anything of their appeal!
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The perfection of this beautiful quartz arrangement is totally stunning in person and all main cyrystals are completely flawless!
A second generation of small quartz crystals that is distinctly visible in the pictures is in fact solely grown on the backside of the main crystals. However, through the glassy crystal bodies and the pristine surface those crystals are easily visible and beautifully reflect the light in all directions!
Some iron oxide between the main crystals adds a golden orange color which makes this specimen even more interesting and alive!
At the base you will find pericline and calcite.