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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.
Teufelsmühle, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.2 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
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Spectacularly lustrous and completely limpid through and through without even the slightest impurity! While the bottom is partly broken, the rest of the crystal is completely flawless down to the smallest detail! The crystal shows the original hexagonal shape but is etched all around. We have seen many Alpine skeletal quartz but the quality of this one is truly phenomenal!
Hiefelwand, Grieswies, Raurisertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 2.6 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm
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Finding a good and appealing scheelite from the Austrian Alps is next to impossible. Luckily this excellent single crystal exemplar was part of the Karl Podpeskar collection that we recently acquired.
And it is a fabulous specimen indeed! Perfect dipyramidal shape and juicy orange color are combined on this rare crystal that is complete all around and without any damage. Both tips are somewhat rough but which is contact induced, not damaged.
The crystal is translucent, in parts even transparent and shows very nice luster.
It was found by Hubert Fink around the year 1990.
Großer Finagl, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.7 x 7.3 x 6 cm
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Alpine prehnite is hard to come by so we were happy when this specimen came in the collection of Karl Podpeskar. It’s a prehnite from Großer Finagl, a summit between Untersulzbachtal and Habachtal. The piece shows a three-dimensional landscape of pure prehnite. The condition is excellent with only some periphery contacts.
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.