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Gamsmutter, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4 x 2.6 x 3.8 cm
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Presented high up on a podium of snow-white pericline and adularia stands a single shiny titanite crystal, around 1 cm long. It is gemmy, olive-green and flawless. The color is quite intensive for this exceedingly rare locale and greatly contrasts with the white matrix. A nice and aesthetic specimen from the rare locale Gamsmutter!
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Absolutely beautiful! A comparatively large main crystal of pristine quality dominantly stands out from a white feldspar matrix, accompanied by a second, smaller crystal of matching quality. Like towering water, these crystals look all wet and liquid with razor sharp edges. A chip at the main crystals backside seems to fade considering that incredibly quality. A well balanced specimen that combines textbook aesthetics with unbeatable crystal quality!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.1 x 8 x 7.4 cm
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Much more 3-dimensional than the picture would suggest and at least as spectacular! A doubly terminated pristine quartz crystal crosses a somewhat larger vertical crystal of matching quality. At the back there is a cluster of snow white pericline that adds much to the overall beauty of this piece. Best condition, amazing aesthetics and excellent crystal quality are united on this fabulous specimen!
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Wiesbachrinne, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.1 x 6.9 x 6.5 cm
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Glassy luster reflects the light from all those many faces this stocky specimen has to offer. This is a complex cluster of smoky quartz developed as a floater with intergrown crystals, lovely re-crystallized contact zones and superb quality all around. The 3-dimensional shape is beautiful and appealing from all sides, making it hard to decide for a visual front - the better luster though speaks for the position we chose.
It's hard to believe that a specimen of such high quality was found at Wiesbachrinne, Habach Valley. A real stunner, especially for the locale!
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA
Size: 5 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
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A perfectly aesthetic amethyst specimen from the famous locale at Jacksons Crossroads that strikes with its perfect textbook composition! A flawless amethyst scepter, accompanied by a couple of smaller side-crystals stands at the center of white matrix, covered in colorless little quartz crystals. Especially the main crystal shows the quality, Jacksons Crossroads is famous for: Intensive color, great luster and a transparent interior that easily catches the light!
Great outline, stark contrast and the overall flawless composition make for an absolutely lovely miniature specimen!
Auernig, Mallnitz, Ankogel, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 11.2 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
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This water-clear skeletal quartz specimen of considerable size shows great crystal quality embedded in a vibrant etched crystal of sparkling luster! The hexagonal prism shape is still visible though heavily etched on all sides. The sweeping shape shows many cavities, some sharply defined faces and a protruding shape emerging from the top. And it's flawless, however close you look! A perfect skeletal floater!
Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Size: 2.6 x 2.4 x 2 cm
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The main crystal is a giant for this mineral with close to 2 cm in diameter! And it is very well developed, a sharp octahedron without any damage! The crystal shows very nice red-brown color at direct downlight that penetrates the material for several gemmy milimeters before it gets absorbed at the opaque core. Around the main octahedron are smaller crystals of the same species, whitish feldspar and some black matrix. It is a fantastic piece that we were able to trade from Paul Stahl, German collector of rare minerals who had several cases at the 2019 Munich Show special exhibition!
Gramul, Teischnitz Valley, Kals Valley, East Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
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This titanite specimen was found by Heinz Kirchtag at the not so well known locale Gramul. The main titanite crystal is close to 3 cm long which is rather impressive and especially significant if you consider the brilliant quality as well! The titanite is a twin crystal that shows superb luster on all sides and brigth gemmy green color through and through! It is set on a nicely crystallized calcite and feldspar matrix that has just the right proportion and elevates the main crystal in such a way that the whole crystal is visible from tip to bottom! There is hardly any scratch here so this is really something special for the material!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 4.9 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
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The single aquamarine crystal on this nicely balanced specimen is 3,7 cm long and terminated on both ends. It's highly lustrous and with a decent blue color. In the middle section, where it is attached to the matrix, the crystal has inclusions but towards the terminations it gets all clear and gemmy! The matrix is a nice little piece of white feldspar with some black schorl and smaller aquamarines which provides an attractive base for the main aquamarine. Very attractive in person!
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Size: 4.4 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
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Inesite is a rarity from N'Chwaning that shows a scintillating richness of cinnamon colored needle crystals! It has a total size of 4.4 cm, individual crystals reach a maximum of about 5 mm. The whole specimen is of exceptionally beautiful design. A piece of rock matrix with calcite microcrystals at the backside holds an all complete cover of rich inesite crystals! Attracive and in very best condition all over!
Neudorf, Harzgerode, Harz Mts, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Size: 4.9 x 3.8 x 2 cm
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This is one especially bright, brilliant, well composed specimen of classic galena with quartz and siderite from Neudorf. The galena crystals are single isolated on a contrasting background of brown siderite and pristinely white quartz. The whole piece is in outstanding condition and of marvelous textbook aesthetics!
The piece comes with a label from former owner, the German collector Fabian Wildfang.
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A number of apple green titanite crystals are distributed about a feldspar covered piece of matrix. The crystals are very sharp and lustrous with some chlorite here and there. The longest titanites reach a little over 1 cm and are situated along the upper ridge. When you turn the piece aroud you see that this is actually a floater, the matrix is covered in feldspar micro-crystals on all sides. The condition is great with only very little edge-wear. This sure is a very nice little Alpine titanite specimen!