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Leckbachrinne, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 12.8 x 7 x 6.5 cm
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With a size of 12.8 cm and individual crystals reaching up to 1.3 cm, this is a remarkable specimen of the famous Habach valley emerald site.
What I particularly like here is the way several emeralds are distributed over the silvery mica-schist matrix, making the piece an excellent showpiece.
The quality of the crystals themselves is impressive as well. Rich green color shines from the transparent and well defined hexagonal prismatic emeralds, contrasting well with the silvery matrix. A marvelous specimen for every collection of fine Alpine minerals!
Ex Karl Podpeskar collection.
Fieschergletscher, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 8.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
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What a stunning amethyst! The crystal has a bright purple color, which is very rare from any locales in the Alps. This piece comes from an old find made at the Fieschergletscher long time ago and is very typical for this locale. Some minor edgewear is present on the crystal, what you can also see on the attached video.
Steinbruch Rehrl, Vorderkrimml, Wald im Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.9 x 6 x 3.4 cm
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Nowadays it is very hard to find good fluorites from the alps! Only a very few good pieces are found every year and almost no good pieces are avaliable on the market. This piece is coming from an old german collection and was found at the old mining period in Krimml. It shows a bright blue color, which is very good visible in daylight. The crystals have a very interesting structure on the surface, having good luster and sharp edges. Very good in person!
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.4 x 3.8 x 4.9 cm
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This crystal has the deepest color saturation I have ever seen! Though, you do not need a very strong light to get this out! The crystal is of high quality, translucent, glassy and good luster! Some damge is present at the termination, why it is priced much lower! Luckily this is not good visible from the front if presented in an upper shelf of the showcase! A good addition for all enthusiastic collectors of tourmaline!
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This beautiful pink fluorite has a totally sharp and flawless pointed termination, a nice structured surface, is clear in the center and has the ancient aesthetics of a Egyptian pyramid. I strongly suggest you watch the video, to get a better impression of shape and quality! The color of the video is about right, with maybe lightly more red in nature. The bottom of this piece is contacted, which does not at all disturb its charming beauty. Very nice and also better visible in the video are the beautiful chlorite coating and the white matrix that provide a superb contrast and a nice Alpine character.
Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Size: 5.4 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
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This massy calcite crystal is a shiny marvel of incredible clarity. Absolutely flawless, this crystal is a jewel of fantastic luster with fine striation that reflects the light beautifully. The crystal sits on a matrix of exactly the right proportion, accompanied by many smaller calcite crystals. Most wonderful about this piece is the perfect clarity of the calcite, which allows a view right through it and right to the bottom, where again smaller crystals are visible. A small wonder in perfect quality!
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 19.7 x 17.4 x 7 cm
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This impressive piece of fluorite on quartz is a well composed play of colors and shape. Several groups of green fluorite octahedrons with dark purple edges are perched on thousands of white quartz needles, covering a massive green fluorite matrix. Dispite its size this piece shows lovely aesthetics. Hundreds of fluorite crystals up to 2 cm on edge and in perfect condition are forming an appealing specimen. A remarkable piece of unusual beauty!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 8.3 x 5 x 4.1 cm
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One single tourmaline crystal of exceptional quality is shooting out from a massive smoky quartz crystal in a way I have rarely seen before. At closer sight you see the tourmaline continuing inside the quartz for maybe another 2 cm. While the quartz is in good condition but dull, the tourmaline is absolutely pristine - gemmy, lustrous and of fine pink color, with a transparent, bluish zone in the middle. This is an incredibly rare composition of wonderful aesthetics, and not repaired.
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
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There might be many details on this piece - it is doubly terminated, free of damage, gemmy and lustrous - but to getting to the point: It's all about the color here! A blazing raspberry red that is visible even at low light and fills the whole crystal with its grace. At the termination this color gets an orange tinge. The backside of the tourmaline is covered in sparkling crystals that add a very nice effect. Very beautiful and catchy from the famous find made by Ailton Barbosa in 1978. This piece has a remarkable provenance, as it has been part of the collection of P. D. & Ann Sams. The label is coming with the piece.
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 7.8 x 5.5 x 7.2 cm
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A luscious purple heart is nested on a greenish fluorite as if it was set there on purpose. Unlike with other specimens from Zogno where this purple zone is deep inside the green flurote, here it is free and directly visible. This piece is a floater in generally good condition with some minor chips that are but hardly visible amidst the manifold details this excellent piece offers. An unusual and utterly beautiful fluorite from this famous locale!
Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 5.5 x 5 cm
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Habach valley has produced a small number of very fine skeletal quartz specimens. This one is a complete floater with no damage whatsoever. The crystal is completely etched and leaves no clue about the original shape. It is all transparent without any includions. The chlorite you see in the picture is filling some of the gaps but does not continue into the quartz itself. Very nice 3-dimensional shape and great quality all around!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 10.1 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
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Unusual yet highly appealing in its very own way. The main body of this specimen is a contrasting gossan matrix with veins of brilliantly lustrous azurite. One prominent azurite aggregate freely stands out from the matrix and draws all the attention. Best luster, superb blue color and a perfect termination are absolutely impressive and just beautiful. With no damage to worry about and a catchy, natural composition this is a most desirable piece in person!