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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.
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!