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Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.1 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
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Here you can see a beautiful smoky crystal on matrix of very high quality. It has a very nice smoky color, of middle intensity. The crystal is very glassy and lustrous. Some small adularia is attached to the matrix. Free of damage!
Reiterkluft, Hocharnwand, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Austria
Size: 3 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
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This is a very lovely fluroite from an old find at the Hocharn Westwand,well known as the "Reiter pocket"! Only a very few good pieces was found there! It is very risky to collect at this place, because it is in the middle of a vertical wall, and sadly the guy who found it died at this place. I personaly like these a lot because of the beautiful intense purple color!
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A tender pink tourmaline crystal with a hint of mint green at the termination. Highly lustrous, without damage and some lepidolite attached on one side! Impressive in person because of the good size! Color like on the photos and too pale on the attached video!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.8 x 7.5 x 3.2 cm
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Hundreds of gemmy quartz crystals are nested in this elongated specimen and form a distinct, pretty aesthetics. The whole piece is of high quality with a crystallized backside and just one contacted zone. Heart of this specimen is a brilliant 7.6 cm long doubly terminated crystal. Very nice, very sparkling, very appealing!
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5.9 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
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A fine piece of two intensive pink tourmaline on a beautiful matrix of quartz, mica and cleavelandite. The larger main crystal is prominently situated at the top of this specimen giving it a catchy look of perfect aesthetics. There is no damage to be found on either one of the tourmalines or even the quartz crystals. A superb and rare piece of tourmaline on matrix from the pegmatites of Burma.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 8.1 x 7.9 x 6.9 cm
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The massive base of pure pyrite, completely covered in cuboctahedral pyrite crystals, supports the massive main crystal that sits right on its center. Perfect condition, a wonderful surface structure, beautiful modifications and a striking luster distinguish this specimen. Front left you find numerous scalenohedral calcite crystals of milky white coloring that give the impression of lovely butterflies warming in the sun. Smaller sphalerite all over the main crystal are adding nice accents. This is a beautiful piece with its own certain charm!
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarre, Spain
Size: 10.5 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
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Dolomite specimens from Azcárate Quarry rate among the worlds best with this fine piece being no exception. A pair of two rhombohedral dolomite crystals prominently stand out from a beautifully sparkling dolomite matrix. The crystals are translucent to transparent, sharp and flawless. With those perfectly situated main crystals the aesthetics of this piece is 360° fantastic!
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A number of very thin and fragile brookite plates are perched on a grey piece of matrix that is largely coverd in sparkling quartz - even at the bottom - and provides a brilliant contrast. On a piece like this it is only natural that some of the crystals are broken but amazingly all main crystals are completely perfect here! The brookite shows beautiful hourglass paintings on otherwise orange and red crystals. A charming play of colors and markings that is totally mesmerizing in person. Hardly ever have I seen good brookite specimen from this rare locale, finding one in such exceptional quality is a small miracle indeed!
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A complete floater of adularia with decent chloritization especially at the backside. It shows no damage or even contacts all around and offers great quality with lustrous, transparent crystals. The most massive crystal is 2.7 cm broad, the longest one is an exact 5 cm long. An appealing cluster of adularia, perfect all around.
Galmihorn, Münster, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 8.8 x 7.1 x 2.9 cm
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Amazing! The quality of this massive smoky quartz gwindel is really astonishing as there is not a single internal crack or any kind of inclusion. The surface is beautifully structured and pristinely lustrous at the front, while smoothly chloritized at the back. The right sides has some minor edgewear but thats all there is to say. Even the bottom, where it detached from the pocket, is full crystallized and perfect. A fantastic gwindel of brilliant quality and excellent aesthetics!
Oberzeiring, Pölstal, Murtal district, Styria, Austria
Size: 7.6 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
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This zeiringite is for collectors of the rare and unique. Deepest blue color as is extremely rare for aragonite anywhere in the world comes from the Austrian locale of Oberzeiring, where this variety first occured. The zeiringite is heavily broken but which is practically the only way to get this extremely rare mineral at all. The zeiringite crust is around 3 cm thick on matrix, the layers of differing color intensity are nicely visible from the sides. An interesting piece that brings color to your Alpine mineral collection.
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Now, this is something unusual! Quartz from the Koralpe in Carinthia is already a rare find but this special crystal attracts my attention. The overall shape is a typical prismatic quartz with pointed termination but in this case all faces show a scaly pattern like a dragon skin. Slight etching does the effect and in a very much unique way. The lower parts show some contacts but over all there is no considerable damage to be found here. A real eye-catcher of great quality!