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Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 7.6 x 3.3 x 4.1 cm
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This is a very interesting calcite with a beautiful aesthetics. It is much more 3-dimensional in person than shown on the photos. The color changes from the upper to the lower side, what highlights the main crystal very well.
Schinschlucht, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.1 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
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This crystal is very glassy and perfect all around! It has some beautiful inclusions of chlorite, while the matrix is partially coverd by a brwonish layer. It has an intense luster and a great visual impact! I was very lucky to get it out of a collection, as I have not seen any pieces in that quality from new findings!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 6.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
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Another fine fluorite of great aesthetics!
Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Size: 5.1 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
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Two beautiful tourmalines in combination with some cleavelandite are foarming this outstanding piece! We have two different crystal habits here, while the left one shows the common flat termination, the other one is well pointed and very elegant! To see both together side by side on one piece is very rare and unique! The crystals are translucent, glassy and of bright pink color! This is a choice piece and was in the private collection of Herb Obboda for years! Stunning in person!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 11.6 x 9.7 x 6 cm
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Now, this is an extraordinary piece! I love the wild beauty and the chaotic aesthetic of these perfectly lustrous and clear quartz crystals. Size, quality, composition: It all fits on this piece. The crystals are grown on a matrix, which is more or less completely covered in quartz and calcite. You will not find a downside, this is a perfect floater and flawless all around. Especially lovely is the doubly terminated quartz, riding piggyback at the very top.This specimen might not be everybody’s taste but then, which one is?
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.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 9.3 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
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Beautifully rounded crystals are forming a 3-dimensional sculpture of bright golden color. This unusual crystal shape is a transition of pyritohedron and octahedron which is quite rare even for Huanzala standard. The surface is mirror-bright and golden on all sides with nice striations. The whole piece is in excellent condition with only minor, insignificant issues. A perfectly aesthetic pyrite of highest quality!
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!