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Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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A monolith of translucent to transparent white adularia partly covered in green chlorite reminding me of a weathered crag covered in moss. This specimen is a complete floater and free of any flaws. The front face of the main crystal is nicely lustrous and free of chlorite. Several side crystals are perfecting the picture. A great piece of unique and appealing composition paired with high quality!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.2 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm
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Very much characteristic for the locale and elegant. The lower parts of the quartz are white with some iron oxide coating but the upper half is glassy, highly lustrous and shows a charming surface structure on all sides. There is a small chip at the termination but besides that there is no damage. A typical Rauris-quartz of good hand-size.
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.9 x 6.7 x 3 cm
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Rich, sharp and colorful! A high number of titanite crystals are sharing this surface with equally many adularia crystals on this naturally formed piece. Some chlorite covers many of the surfaces but spares enough to leave us impressed by sharp, lustrous and gemmy titanite crystals of brown and green color. This piece is very well balanced and in great condition. A characteristic Alpine specimen that generously shows us what the Austrian Felbertal has to offer for mineral collectors!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 2 cm
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It's hardly believable but this lovely, fragile little piece is completely flawless all around. The floater specimen consists of a thin layer of muscovite crystals with white feldspar at the bottom. Atop this fagile matrix sits a perfectly well developed hematite rose that shows great luster and a lovely structure on both sides. To get a better impression of the piece I suggest you watch our video!
Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
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While most comparable pieces of this region are etched from humic acid and thus dull, this very specimen is fantastically lustrous and sharp. Found in the local permafrost soil, this floater is one of a very little number of comparable pieces. White the top patch - behind the catchy doubly terminated orange calcite - is contacted, there is no actual damage anywhere on this piece. Even the backside is completely crystallized and perfect. The crystals are intensively purple at the core with a zone of colorless, transparent fluorite around it. A beautiful and rare piece from Weißeck!
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
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A lustrous 1.7 cm iron rose is set on a marvelous matrix, studded with albite and some silvery mica aggregates. The hematite shows spectacular luster and exceptionally sharp hexagonal blades. Its very well developed and free of any damage! The black hematite contrasts with the sparkling white background which strongly emphasizes the main crystal. Absolutely lovely and in very best condition all around!
Arzbachgraben, Felbertal, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
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Found by Hans Pleikner sen. and Wolfgang Vötter this combination of quartz with adularia is totally unique in shape and quality! A beautiful water-clear quartz crystal with lovely surface structure holds several white adularia crystals which makes for a pristine picture altogether! The whole piece is in outstanding condition with no downsides. An absolutely spectacular specimen that is unmatched by anything we have seen from the Alps!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4 x 2.1 x 2 cm
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WOW, please check the phantastic quality of this crystal on the video! When I saw this crystal the first time, it remembered me to the famous quartz crystals from Herkimer! This piece comes from the Forsterbach valley in Salzburg, while the shape is very typical for this locality. Some very fine sceptre quartz has beeen found there in the past! Also this crystal shows the prismatic faces on the bottom side, even though not much. It is doubly terminated and in a very good condition! Just some trivial edgewear is present what is fully acceptable. It is a beautiful jewel and true "eye catcher" in every collection.
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 5.8 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
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One more fluorite of nice quality situated very sweet on barite!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.1 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
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This almost round specimen of Hematite is sprinkled with a sheer sunburst of rutile crystals. Though the combination of hematite with rutile might be nothing new – quite typical for the region in fact – the quantity and size of rutile crystals on this specimen is impressive. The whole piece, front and backside as well, is prettily sparkling with those perfect little red crystals. Also note that the hematite is much more 3-dimensional as the pictures would suggest. Watch the video for that matter, you will be amazed! The piece is free of any damage, attractive all around and highly lustrous. Beautiful indeed!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6 x 1.2 x 1 cm
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And again we are reminded why the tourmaline is referred to as the "gemstone of the rainbow". The main body of this crystal is blue like the heaven with a termination that holds a wonderful color-change to green and orange. This truly is a piece of art, as only nature can produce it. Admittedly there are some abrasions here and there but therefore we have a lower price on this one.
Antananarivo Province, Bongolava Region, Madagascar
Size: 3.8 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
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Aesthetics on this piece is just great. A single liddicoatite of pristine quality is attached to a white matrix of quartz and mica providing a stark contrast and much emphasizing the crystal. While the backside is somehow busy with several small, paler tourmalines, the main view is quite straight forward and very much elegant. The quartz, acting as a base for the crystal, is white and translucent, the mica on the other hand shows a strong purple hue and direct backlight. Back to the main actor of this piece, I can honestly say this liddocoatite is of amazing gemmy quality. All transparent, lustrous and of intensive raspberry red color. The termination is very well developed and shows many different faces. A great aesthetic piece in miniature size.