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Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size: 5.4 x 4 x 2.9 cm
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Copper-bearing adamite from the Ojuela mine is a classic and highly appealing due to the shiny, translucent crystals with their attractive green color! This adamite cluster is nested in a brown limonite matrix which provides a well contrasting background to those superb crystals. Very beautiful and in great condition!
Find: 2009/10
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 9.7 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
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A sharp phantom quartz crystal of splendid quality from the unique finds in Hyderabad. The crystal is highly lustrous on all sides and grants a 360° view on the very well developed and distinctive purple and pink phantom. The condition is really great with only contacts at the side and micro-abrasions here and there but no damage. Our video shows the beautiful quality of this excellent quartz!
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Size: 2.9 x 2.1 x 2 cm
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A classic rhodochrosite from the important locale of N’Chwaning with a thumbnail size of 2.9 cm. Due to the small size it’s a rather inexpensive specimen but make no mistake, it is a beauty all the same. Crystal quality and the red color are excellent and contrasting with the black manganese matrix. Some of the crystals are chipped but which is hardly avoidable on this material.
Steinbruch Rehrl, Vorderkrimml, Wald im Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.6 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm
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Krimml fluorites are unquestionably a well coveted species among Alpine mineral collectors. But above all, the intensive blue color (in contrast to the more common green or turquoise) distinguishes this very piece!
It is particularly beautiful in daylight, but cold artificial light also emphasizes the blue color very nicely.
It is largely in excellent condition. Only in the upper left corner is a contact zone to be seen, but which is certainly acceptable for such a special piece.
The fluorite comes with a label by Dipl.Ing. Kontrus (Vienna), who apparently acquired the piece as early as 1961. A historic piece, then!
A wonderful piece that is undoubtedly even more beautiful in nature!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.6 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm
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A perfect floater with a very interesting combination between a yellow calicte, a smoky quartz and some small adularia crystals, which makes this specimen truly unique! I have never seen such a nice combination before from this locale. Some small chlorite is also present partially.
Brusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy
Size: 6.8 x 5.4 x 1.9 cm
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A very good gold is well situated on a quartz matrix here!It has a bright yellow color and good luster! The contrast of the yellow gold to the white quartz is intense and makes the piece very showy! Alpine gold is very rare and therefore this is a perfect fit to every alpine collections! Beautiful in person!
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WOW, this is a very choice crystal of high standard!The colors are well-defined and intense here! The pointed termination is skeletal like shaped, while the lower part of the crystal is smooth!The condtion is very good and just very tiny edgewear, which is hardly visible, is present!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.7 x 2.9 x 2 cm
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See the pictures and don't forget to breath! This epidote group is not just of incredible aesthetics, but most of all holds a perfect quality. I don't know if I have ever seen such fantastic luster on an epidote! The whole front surface of the main crystal is like a flawless mirror, erupting from a group of nesting smaller crystals. Wonderful! As you might have guessed, the crystal is repaired once, but this is almost invisible from the front and thus absolutely acceptable, considering the marvelous aesthetic and uniqueness of this specimen. Most of the side crystals are perfect too, while two of them are broken, which does not at all disturb the outstanding aesthetic of this piece.
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
Size: 7.4 x 6.8 x 3 cm
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Like fruity, sugar-sweet candy, these two crystals lie on a shimmering grey muscovite matrix and let your mouth water. Fantastically lustrous and of marvelous orange color, these crystals are truly impressive and just awesome. The nicely structured surface is sparkling and allows a deeper view into the clear crystal. While the smaller crystal has one tiny wear, the main crystal is absolutely perfect. To see the fascinating beauty of this piece, please watch the video!
Green Monster Deposit, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Size: 5.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
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Beautifully crystallized on all sides, nicely composed and with accompanying Japan law twins this epidote specimen is remarkable in any respect. The main crystal is 1.7 cm thick and holds a 2.3 cm Japan law twin atop its perfect termination. With the lovely aesthetics of butterflies sitting on this dominant lustrous mineral this specimen is a fine treasure indeed. The whole piece is in excellent condition and of unique composition.
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 7.4 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
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The textbook aesthetics of this piece, combined with highest quality is just amazing. The main crystal is a smoky quartz scepter with beautiful inclusions and skeletal pyramidal faces - the "windows". This main crystal proturdes from a base of nicely fanned out quartz crystals that show bright red inclusions. All in all this is a specimen of pure aesthetics made of brilliant quality crystals and perfectly composed.
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What at first sight looks like a souvenir from a tourist shack – a coral reef, trapped inside a glass sculpture – is in fact a fully natural phenomenon. A perfectly grown prismatic quartz scepter with a sharp, pointed termination shows the nicest interior life I have seen so far. A beautiful, 3-dimensional rock formations, pink and yellow colored is perfectly visible through the transparent and flawless quartz. Absolutely amazing in person and a highly unusual view. The bottom shows some contacts, but generally the specimen is in very good condition.