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This is a pristine white quartz specimen of good hand-size and great aesthetics with two dominant main crystals. These main crystals are set on an arrangement of quartz side-crystals and a small piece of limonite matrix. One of the main crystals has a chip at the termination but which is nearly invisible on the sparkling high quality quartz. Apart from that this piece is in great condition. The quartz is highly transparent and super lustrous all over!
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A lovely little piece of sweeping aesthetics and brilliant crystal quality! The two main smokies are glassy and sharp and in virtually flawless condition. It is associated with some white adularia and smaller smoky quartz. The base is crystallized all around and on the bottom. A beautiful specimen without any downsides!
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 4 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
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This single tile of white apatite looks almost hand made and polished for its uttermost perfection! The unusual procelaine colored crystal is all perfect and lustrous and is set on a nice pericline/chlorite matrix. The specific hexagonal shape is sharply market out against the background which makes this a highly attractive specimen of superb quality and unique character!
Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Size: 8.2 x 8 x 3.7 cm
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The vug inside this piece of rock matrix is completely lined by sparkling dark green micro crystals of libethenite. The crystals show great luster and gem green color though it needs some direct illumination to reveal that color. There is damage only where the vug had to be opened but all crystals are pristine. An outstanding and rich piece for that rare copper mineral. It is a classic specimen from the type locality that has seen several collections including that of Innsbruck based Dr. Reinhard Dallinger and famous Geologist Reinhard Exel.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
Size: 3.1 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
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An extremely sharp and mirroring crystal from the Wessels mine that is 3.1 cm long and impressive 1.3 cm thick. The blocky crystal is all complete and flawless with a flat, mirroring face right at the front! It is accompanied by smaller hematites and some white calcite at the back witch very much improves the overall aesthetics. Highly attractive and in best condition!
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 18 x 12.5 x 6 cm
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A number of lovely fluorite octahedrons are distributed over the contrasting landscape of white quartz needles. The fluorites are of a marvelous color combination, green at the center and deeply purple at the edges. The size ranges from only a few millimeters to 1.4 cm on edge. What's especially nice here is the overall aesthetics of the large white matrix with dark, single isolated crystals. Definitely an eye-catcher and in very good condition!
Brixlegg, Kufstein district, Inn valley, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 8.1 x 7.4 x 2.7 cm
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Blue aragonite from the Austrian Alps is a highly desired variety and usually is found at the fabous Styrian Erzberg. Even rarer is this specimen form Brixlegg, famous for silver and copper minerals like azurite or malachite. It is a very showy piece with unusual structure and lovely baby-blue color. The aragonite is grown in the shape of a winding river, 3-dimensionally protruding from the dolomite matrix. Very attractive and rare from this locale!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.3 x 10.3 x 7 cm
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A group of glassy and lustrous quartz crystals is set on a compact schist matrix with calcite and limonite. All crystals but especially the dominant main crystal show attractive surface structure and are in very best undamaged condition. The overall picture is aesthetically composed with no downsides whatsoever!
Törlkopf, Seebachtal, Mallnitz, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 12.9 x 2 x 1.5 cm
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This quartz is from one of the most spectacular finds of the eastern Alps that yielded impressive crystals up to 1 meter long back in the 1980s!
This is an elongated, doubly terminated crystal of best glassy quality with nice green chlorite! It has a small chip at the termination but is otherwise in excellent condition. The surface is highly lustrous and lets you look right into the marvelous limpid crystal body! The bottom is completey crystallized as well with association of some albite and chlorite. Definitely a brilliant crystal that's much better in person!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.9 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
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This little quartz specimen is a real jewel! A floater of unusual shape that is accompanied by a small cluster of adularia. The quartz is completely limpid with a faint smoky color. Most unusual still is the shape, which reminds of a gwindel while lacking the characteristic twist. Anyway, this is a brilliant little specimen of best quality!
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What a unique curiosity! A plate of hematite is completetly intergrown inside this quartz. My first thought was, this must be from the Cavradi area, but it is coming from South Tyrol, what astounded me even more. The hematite is very good visible from the front side, as the quartz has a very good quality with almost no inclusions or cracks inside! Just have a look at the video, it speaks for itself!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
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This crystal is intense red, translucent and highly lustrous! Some tiny edgewear is present at the termination, but over all the crystal is in a very good condition! Great quality and beautiful in person!