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Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 5.1 x 4 x 2.9 cm
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The crystals have a stunning green cap, grown on fine crystallized quartz foarming this beautiful aesthetics! The over all condition is very good here! Very cool in person!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 10.6 x 3.8 x 1.4 cm
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This scepter is generally composed of a flat quartz tile with a "windowed" amethyst atop. Both, shape and coloring of this piece are remarkable. Chlorite inclusions and covering, as well as layers of iron oxide and some specks of sagenite grid are composing an overall appealing picture. The scepter-head is brilliant, largely windowed and purple colored at the tip.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm
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A dark green, almost black core changes to green with a colorless termination. This thumbnail tourmaline might be small but is still a lovely piece of great aesthetics. Some accompanying albite gives this piece the special catchy looks that bigger specimen are usually lacking. The tourmaline is of great luster, with a more matte termination. Beside some edge-wear there is no considerable damage to be found here. A fine piece from Stak Nala, especially for thumbnail collectors.
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 5.5 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
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I love the exceptional beauty of this etched specimen as it offers something immensely fascinating to the viewer. Color, shape and the incredibly perfect clarity sum up to an astonishing etched fluorite specimen. Very massy and 3-dimensional, flawless and simply beautiful. The color might be a little more to the green side of the spectrum but that is hard to capture on a picture. A lustrous piece of many details that is even better in person!
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Size: 1.9 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
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A brilliant thumbnail specimen of mirroring luster, excellent composition and near perfect condition. The early 2000s find at Kamoya is regarded as the best for this mineral species and there really is nothing comparable in sight. The larger crystal on this specimen is 1.3 cm in diameter, sharp and with nice detailed faces. All crystals are of characteristic cuboctahedral shape, nicley developed and of best quality!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 9.5 x 9.3 x 6.3 cm
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Sharp azurite crystals up to around 1.8 cm in size have been pseudomorph transformed to malachite to be partially further replaced by blueish green rosasite. Small white cerussite is distributed between the main crystals. At the periphery some broken crystals show the rich green of the underlying malachite. This is a rare double-pseudomorph from Tsumeb, famous for so many different mineral types.
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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A monolith of translucent to transparent white adularia partly covered in green chlorite reminding me of a weathered crag covered in moss. This specimen is a complete floater and free of any flaws. The front face of the main crystal is nicely lustrous and free of chlorite. Several side crystals are perfecting the picture. A great piece of unique and appealing composition paired with high quality!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.2 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm
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Very much characteristic for the locale and elegant. The lower parts of the quartz are white with some iron oxide coating but the upper half is glassy, highly lustrous and shows a charming surface structure on all sides. There is a small chip at the termination but besides that there is no damage. A typical Rauris-quartz of good hand-size.
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.9 x 6.7 x 3 cm
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Rich, sharp and colorful! A high number of titanite crystals are sharing this surface with equally many adularia crystals on this naturally formed piece. Some chlorite covers many of the surfaces but spares enough to leave us impressed by sharp, lustrous and gemmy titanite crystals of brown and green color. This piece is very well balanced and in great condition. A characteristic Alpine specimen that generously shows us what the Austrian Felbertal has to offer for mineral collectors!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 2 cm
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It's hardly believable but this lovely, fragile little piece is completely flawless all around. The floater specimen consists of a thin layer of muscovite crystals with white feldspar at the bottom. Atop this fagile matrix sits a perfectly well developed hematite rose that shows great luster and a lovely structure on both sides. To get a better impression of the piece I suggest you watch our video!
Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
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While most comparable pieces of this region are etched from humic acid and thus dull, this very specimen is fantastically lustrous and sharp. Found in the local permafrost soil, this floater is one of a very little number of comparable pieces. White the top patch - behind the catchy doubly terminated orange calcite - is contacted, there is no actual damage anywhere on this piece. Even the backside is completely crystallized and perfect. The crystals are intensively purple at the core with a zone of colorless, transparent fluorite around it. A beautiful and rare piece from Weißeck!
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
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A lustrous 1.7 cm iron rose is set on a marvelous matrix, studded with albite and some silvery mica aggregates. The hematite shows spectacular luster and exceptionally sharp hexagonal blades. Its very well developed and free of any damage! The black hematite contrasts with the sparkling white background which strongly emphasizes the main crystal. Absolutely lovely and in very best condition all around!