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Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 9.7 x 8 x 5.4 cm
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A lovely and characteristic group of high quality smoky quartz is set on a white contrasting matrix. Luster and clarity of the quartz is absolutely stunning, the condition is close to perfect with only one tiny, hardly discernible chip. The matrix is naturally broken and makes for a perfect background for the superb arrangement of high class smoky quartz!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 6.1 x 5 x 2.5 cm
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I've hardly seen such crazy composition! A 2.1 cm pink fluorite sits right at the tip of a smoky quartz crystal, accompanied by a smaller smoky side crystal and set on a contrasting piece of white matrix! The octahedral fluorite is translucent to transparent with a very nice pink color and a dramatic surface structure of strongly modified faces but with sharply defined edges and corners. Some dark purple spots add even more life to the already nice crystal. The straight smoky quartz is all glassy and lustrous acting as the perfect stand. Some contact at the back is rather unobtrusive. Perfect balance, stark contrast and flawless crystals!
Laghman Province, Nuristan , Afghanistan
Size: 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.9 cm
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This fabulous kunzite specimen is a complete floater in perfect condition all around! The quality of this sculpturesque etched piece is amazing in person: Gemmy, lustrous and sharp with intensive lavender color! Our video shows how immensely glassy and simply gorgeous this piece is as a 3-dimensional specimen! Definitely a stunner without any downsides at all!
Schwarze Wand, Hollersbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.3 x 3.1 x 3.5 cm
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The largest garnet on this fine specimen is prominently set atop a cluster of smaller crystals with associated green clinochlore microcrystals. It's a beautiful exemplar of this rare material that counts as a top Alpine classic! Brilliant cherry red dodecahedrons are crowded on this impressive specimen, beautifully sparkling and sharp! The variety in crystal sizes and the combination with clinochlore makes this an outstanding and appealing specimen for any collection of rare Alpine minerals!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 13 x 6 x 5 cm
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This quartz is quite characterisic for the locale. Stepped growth with etched faces, a sharp termination and some associated hematite, feldspar and limonite make the origin obvious! The crystal is mostly opaque but has a brilliantly glassy part at the sharp termination. This part even has some purple color which can be revealed by some direct white light from the right angle. The whole specimen is in very good condition with even the bottom being re-healed, not broken.
Bortelhorn, Binn valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 5.5 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
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Water-clear, beautifully skeletalized and absolutely flawless! This amazing quartz shows unique shape and outstanding quality! The upper half of the specimen has an unusually tapering yet well defined shape while the lower half is much more skeletalized and leaves no discernible crystal habit. Those two halfs combined make for a lovely specimen of unusual sparkling character!
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 13 x 11.5 x 4.5 cm
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This heart-shaped quartz specimen is a large and massive japan-law twin crystal of brilliant quality! The quartz is transparent and sharp and has a superbly lustrous front! There are some abrasions present but the overall condition is fine. The impressive size and formidable quality of this specimen make for a beautiful sight in your showcase!
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.5 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
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Shape and size of this exceptional garnet crystal are totally unusual! The crystal is a floater of elongated pseudo-prismatic shape with a size of 4.5 cm! It is a complete floater with a perfectly shaped upper termination and a small quartz crystal sitting on the fully crystallized bottom. The spessartine is mostly dark but with an inner fire burning beneath the beautifully structured and flawless surface!
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!
Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
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First of all, this rutile knee twin crystal is large and spectacular. That being said, I have to admit that it's not quite perfect. Part of the lower "leg" is broken and missing, another part is still there but repaired. However, the sheer thickness of 1.3 cm, the sparkling red surface and the combination with some white feldspar makes this piece really special all the same. The somewhat chloritized terminations on top and bottom show that this is in fact a floater.
Small Spitzkopje granit stock, Spitzkopje Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 6.8 x 6.1 x 4 cm
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This is an excellent topaz from Small Spitzkopje granite stock which is a classic locale for the mineral. The piece features a single main topaz crystal on a matrix of quartz and feldspar. The topaz is completely perfect, water clear, sharp-edged and shows a wonderful complex architecture! It is set in the middle of that very ncie and well crystallized matrix. An excellent piece for this classic topaz site!