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Lienzinger, Hollersbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.1 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
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Luster and surface structure on this gemmy green titanite twin are outright spectacular! Sharp like a scalpel and designed like a piece of engraving artwork this crystal is utterly unique! The tabular crystal is unusually flat and somehow irregularly constructed but which gives it just another dimension of uniqueness. The inside is all gemmy with a mix of apple green and earth brown zones. The backside is flat with a frosted surface. It's about the front which is just breathtaking indeed. Always astounding what nature is capable of!
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 6.5 x 3 x 1.9 cm
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This is a single, doubly terminated smoky quartz crystal of excellent quality with two absolutely flawless terminations. At the base where it was attached to the matrix it features some white feldspar as well as some chlorite, expanding a little over one of the terminations, but the rest of the crystal is completely free and lustrous. A superb specimen of unusually well defined character!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 4.4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
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A doubly terminated tourmaline of cherry red color holds a second likewise doubly terminated transverse crystal of matching quality and color. At the termintions the color changes in parts to olive green, the center is getting darker towards the lower end of the specimen. The translucent crystals need some backlight illumination to reveal their beauty that lies behind the semigloss, striated surface. The composition of this piece is totally unique, combined with good crystal quality and without any damage.
Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK
Size: 10.2 x 9 x 3.3 cm
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Barite from Cumberland is an old-time classic and this piece totally shows us why! A large and dominant crystal of blue barite sits on the red matrix which makes for an unusual and very appealing color combination! The barite itself is perfectly developed on all sides, is in best condition and has quite intensive light blue color. Through the partly transparent barite you can see the red hematite coating that covers the backside. Hematite and - especially at the fully crystallized backside - Dolomite microcrystals are rounding out the piece. A beautiful specimen of superb quality and wonderful aesthetics!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.8 x 7.7 x 7.7 cm
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High quality, best condition and a distinctive aesthetics make this piece special and recognisable among the large number of Alpine quartz specimens. The matrix is a sparkling landscape of albite and quartz microcrystal from which a number of larger crystals emerge. At the very center of the 3-dimensional piece stands a spray of elongated prisms that make for a attractive and very much distinctive look! The quartz is transparent, lustrous and sharp, showing hardly any signs of abrasion or damage - with the exception of a small chip at the larger crystals tip thats but hardly visible on a remarkable and complex piece like this. Simply beautiful!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.5 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
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Luster, clarity and composition of this outstanding specimen are absolutely gorgeous and unique! I had this piece in my personal collection for many years and for a good reason! The sceptres head is sharply cut with a complex design that is in parts constructed from doubly terminated crystals. Pyramidal faces show "Fenster" which adds even more to the exceptional beauty! This glassy sceptre head is set on a slightly milky stem with very aesthetic side-crystals all of which are perfect and with re-crystallized contact faces. There is one very tiny chip near the tip but which is only visibly in very close inspection. All in all this is a remarkable piece that really catches the eye with pristine quality!
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 8.4 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
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A new 2018 tourmaline pocket has been opened in the Pyingyi Taung region, somewhere close to the village Let Pan Hla, and the found specimens by far outshine all previous finds of this mineral in the region! The intensive cherry-red color as seen in the pictures is not exaggerated at all and best sparkling luster even emphasizes the pristine quality and aesthetics! Amidst those sparkling tourmalines is a single transparent quartz crystal which provides a nice contrast to the intensively colored tourmalines. All is set on a rock matrix that is covered in a mix of red and dark green tourmaline as well as some white quartz. There are some contacts distributed about the matrix but all main crystals are perefctly intact and of best sparkling gem quality! Absolutely wonderful and with a distinct natural look!
Sandkopf, Kleines Fleißtal, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Austria
Size: 9.5 x 4.3 x 4 cm
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Not a single scratch! It might be hard to believe on a high quality specimen like this but however close you look, there is nothing, not the slightest abrasion, no damage, not a single scratch! This scepter is out of the famous 1980 find at the Sandkopf and it is a total stunner. The glassy head is very sharp and distinctively developed. It shows best luster, colorless transparency and a uniquely fine architecture! The stem is somewhat more milky with some feldspar inclusioins which separates it from the head. Surface luster and condition are equally perfect here, even the bottom is not broken but contacted and re-healed. This is a gorgeous marvel of considerable size that is a masterpiece for the mineral and the locale alike!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.4 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
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Perfectly lustrous and glassy quartz provides a window to a marvelous internal landscape. While this crystal is already striking by itself, showing superb quality and virtually not a single scratch, most impressive about this specimen are beautiful brown inclusions, supposedly phlogopite, a member of the mica family. Especially pleasing and definitely rare, as I have never seen such a combination before!
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size: 7.1 x 6.4 x 5 cm
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Phosgenite specimens from the lead-mining district near Iglesias in Sardinia are world-famous classics and still count as the best of the species!
This single flawless crystal is transparent with a nice cream color. It is 1.4 cm in diameter and sits in a small vug at the very center of a bright galena matrix, which is positively appealing in person!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.6 x 3 x 1.5 cm
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What a gem! Crystal-clear quartz forms this amazingly lovely and rare structure. Amidst an aggregate of short prismatic colorless quartz has grown a sharp, brilliant and flawless closed gwindel! With a size of 2.5 x 1.9 cm it is a stunning jewel and incredibly rare for Cavradi and the whole region around! As kind of a visual counterweight there is a well defined stocky quartz crystal at the right side of the specimen which adds much in respect of aesthetics! The whole piece is in best condition without any flaws. The underneath is contacted, not broken. Closed gwindel specimens of such perfection are extremely hard to find, no matter the locale. Cavradi however is an even more uncommon place so we are truly happy to present this little sweetie!
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Size: 5.2 x 3 x 2.1 cm
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The Pala District sure is an important region when it comes to high quality tourmaline specimen. Characteristic enough this is an intensively pink exemplar of nice gemmy quality and with a sparkling luster on all sides! It is studded with some lepidolite and feldspar which turns this single crystal into a charming specimen of natural beauty! The overall architecture is that of two intergrown parallel crystals which is easily visibe when having a look on the flat but stepped termination. The condition is near-perfect, even the bottom is not freshly broken but completely re-healed. Definitely a stunner from this classic locale!