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A marvelous sculpturesque skeletal quartz, 360° etched and beautiful. The quartz is completely water-clear with thousands of sparkling faces and great structure. Except for some hard to spot chips this crystal is in very good condition from bottom to top. An intriguing specimen of the rare etched type!
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
Size: 5 x 3.5 x 4.8 cm
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Only recently found in 2014, this is an incredible piece of attacamite on matrix. The whole piece is a sparkling fireworks. Attacamite crystals as well as accompanying quartz are highly lustrous and of brilliant quality. Green malachite adds some color and even improves the wonderful aesthetics of this fine specimen. The attacamite cluster itself with crystals of up to 1 cm in length is in excellent condition and utterly attractive. To be honest, this piece is even better in person!
Medelser Schlucht, Val Medel, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.4 x 8 x 6 cm
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This is exactly the type of dark brown color with a slight reddish tinge most collectors are looking for and I rarely see pieces of such calibre! The prismatic crystals on this specimen are completely limpid and free of internal cracks. Fantastic luster on 360° and sharp pointed terminations are perfecting this outstanding piece. The quartz is grown on a contrasting, crystallized matrix and prominently presents its warm and harmonious aesthetics. The main crystal is in fact a combination of two intergrown crystals, showing twin terminations. Marvelous in every aspect and exceptionally rare in color and quality!
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Doubly terminated, rather large and of lustrous, transparent quality, this quartz specimen is quite striking for the locale. Smaller side crystals are sitting directly at the main body, enhancing the overall aesthetics of this piece. Some accessory pericline at the bottom supports the already striking lower termination. The top is somehow chipped but which does not strike the eye easily. A great quartz of dominant and attractive appearance!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 5.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
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Like two lovers these liddicoatite crystals are embracing one another on an elegant piece of grey matrix. The green and red colored crystals are in good condition and of exceptional aesthetics. A nice eye-catcher for any showcase!
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 9.1 x 7 x 4.9 cm
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Balance and contrast are perfectly united at this striking specimen. The dark matrix, covered in dolomite and chlorite, provides a stark contrast to the snow-white pericline and glassy white adularia. The crystals 3-dimensionally stand out from the flat matrix like a shimmering ice formation. A beautiful and well preserved piece of just exceptional aesthetics!
Göschener Alp, Göschenen, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 6.1 x 4.5 x 4 cm
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A spectacular crown of intenive raspberry red fluorite on a white piece of feldspar matrix. The octahedral fluorite is completely free of damage with only some contact at the backside. The crystals are sharp and beautifully modified. Göschener Alp is widely known for fine fluorite but crystals of such vibrant color have rarely been found in all its history. I am happy to offer such a breathtakinig piece that is radiating red color even at low light but literally exploding with it at direct backlight!
Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
Size: 8 x 5.9 x 2.6 cm
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A single flower-like cluster of barite is set on a crystallized dolomite matrix. The cluster is around 3.3 cm in diameter and shows very nice in intensive honey-yellow color! The barite is all perfect with nice luster and great clarity! I like the way the barite attractively sits on matrix!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.6 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
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A vertical piece of matrix, sparkling with some quartz micro crystals, holds a cluster of clear and colorless quartz. The quartz is grown in an unusually complex pattern which is very much appealing and perfectly presented on matrix. The right end of the structure is contacted which accounts for the surprisingly low price for this otherwise outstanding and beautiful piece!
Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm
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A 3-dimensional cluster of transparent, elongated quartz crystals with its very own distinguished chaotic beauty. As a complete floater there is no actual damage to be found here. Even at very close view only one or two small chips are visible. The unique shape and outline these nested, lustrous crystals offer is highly aesthetic and even better in person that on the picture. Strikingly pure and pristine!
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This is a striking, rather stocky crystal with some lovely lepidolite arount the base and over parts of the backside. The crystal shows marvelous quality and a beautiful color-change! The translucent tourmaline shows intensive pink color at the lower half and a light water-green towards the top. Its termination is a perfect pyramit, sharp and with brilliant luster! Overall you don’t see the slightest damage, even the bottom is fully rehealed! Have a look on our video which nicely brings out the brilliant luster and colors!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
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One single tourmaline crystal, 2 cm long and 0.35 cm thick, stands out from a piece of dark smoky quartz. The quartz is not broken but contacted and fully re-crystallized. The tourmaline is gemmy and lustrous with a perfect pyramidal termination. It is bycolor, from green at the base to pink at the termination. A lovely and unusual little piece that shows no damage at all!