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Gletschhorn, Furka pass area, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 15.9 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
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Elegant, mysterious, magically appealing, beautiful! This single crystal smoky quartz is a very much unique specimen out of an outstanding find at the Swiss Gletschhorn. It is a prismatic crystal with a broad chisel-tip termination that shows very best wet-look luster and fine surface striations on all sides! The body is very dark brown yet direct backlight is able to penetrate the center and bring out the beautiful color! The bottom is mostly rehealed and contacted, the rest of the crystal is in superb condition. A rare and imposing smoky quartz of amazing deep brown color!
Pampa Blanca, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size: 10.6 x 7.9 x 6.2 cm
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The fanning crystals of this specimen are very characteristic for the locale but still, this piece is exceptional and stands out from the crowd! With over 10 cm in hight it’s save from getting lost in a crowded showcase, especially as the quality of the epidote really catches the eye! Superb luster on all sides, sharp terminations and a sweeping architecture make this specimen special. Some associated white calcite contrasts with the deep forest green color of the epidote! While some of the epidotes show contacts, none of them are freshly broken and seems to be re-healed. Overall the condition is superb with no actual damage anywhere around! As you can very well see in our video, the backside is not even a real backside, it’s way too beautiful for that! A 360° beautiful specimen that is highly appealing in person!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
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Right, this is not a titanite in natural form and right again, we are not usually selling cut stones. But this little gem totally caught my attention as it is so full of vivid, sparkling color. The gemmy apple green color is accompanied by some red-brown patches which provides an excellent visual effect. A perfect cut reveals the beauty of a crystal in a way nature not always accomplishes. As my heart always beats for Austrian minerals I surely am even more taken by this cut titanite from Felbertal. A real marvel of perfect shape and quality!
Hocharn, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.7 x 8.3 x 5.6 cm
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Perfectly composed and of brilliant crystal quality, this is a highly appealing specimen. The quartz shows attractive smoky color and despite some clouds at its body you can still to the most part see through the 3.5 cm thick crystal. With just marvelous luster and beautiful striation on 360° this crystal simply impresses. It emerges from a base of accompanying quartz, nicely colored with iron oxide. When turning it around you will find some contacts but it seems this specimen went off easily as there are no breaks even at the bottom. A wonderful piece of superb aesthetics and brilliant crystal quality!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 7.1 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
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This is an interesting and rich paragenesis of liddicoatite and londonite on albite which is extremely rare - especially when it comes to attractive and aesthetic specimens like this one! The albite matrix is like a boat, carrying passengers of red and green liddicoatite. At the very center you can see the single yellowish londonite crystal, all sharp and perfect. The liddicoatite is heavily encrusted with white feldspar microcrystals but still well enough visible to make this an intriguing specimen of contrast and variety! Very beautiful in person as you can much better grasp in our video!
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Size: 4.6 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
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Bastnäsite on matrix is something we are not seeing every day. Having one of this exceptional quality on a beautiful, sparkling, black and white matrix is definitely worth celebrating! Several doubly terminated bastnäsite crystals are stacked upon each other and form a very lively and attractive piece. The crystals are all perfect, highly lustrous and richly amber-colored. The bastnäsite is set on a diverse gneiss matrix with beige feldspar crystals and some black crust, providing a nice contrast. Perfect in composition and crystal quality!For a better view on the 3-dimensional qualities of this fantastic piece, please watch our video!
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 10 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
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Nice blocky albite crystals of the pericline variety are clustered on a piece of naturally broken matrix. The largest crystals are over 3 cm long and snow white with only minimal chlorite. Some peripheral crystals are contacted but there is no damage. Between the pericline there are a couple of smaller adularia crystals which are a bit hard to see though for the lack of contrast. An overall elegant piece of classic Alpine character!
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
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With considerable size and brilliant, sparkling quality, this is an exceptionally fine piece from the Rauris valley! The single crystal is all flawless, transparent and lustrous right down to the crystallized bottom. A complete marvel with no downsides!
Goldbergspitze, Hohe Tauern, Raurisertal, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.2 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm
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Every collector of Rauris minerals has the same problem: It's almost impossible to get a good smoky quartz from this region. Especially one that shows such dark brown color as this very specimen we have here! The single dominant smoky quartz is very well developed and clear at the insice - with imperfections and inclusions, but which is acceptable on a rare specimen like this. The surface shows especially nice luster at the front with striations and sharp edges. The termination is flawless and sharp! On the backside there are several intergrown sidy-crystals which show contacts yet fortunately the main view is in very best shape! An outstanding and exceedingly rare specimen from the Rauris valley!
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 9.9 x 8.8 x 4.7 cm
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Since around the year 2000 the Pederneira Mine has been established as one of the worlds leading source of high class elbaite in collecting quality! This piece shows the supreme crystal quality, this mine is famous for in combination with brilliant eye-catching aesthetics!
The main crystal, around 6.5 cm long and 0.9 cm thick protrudes freely from a complex and colorful group of green elbaite, purple lepidolite and white albite. The main crystal is just incredibly glassy and lustrous with deep blue-green color. The termination is sharp, pointed and flawless with yellow color.
Overall this is a formidable floater specimen of highest class that is repaired on the main crystal but is otherwise in perfect condition and without downsides! Quality, color and aesthetics all fit together here!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 15.8 x 12.9 x 8.6 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way. This sure is the central piece of the find and it impresses with sheer size and a flood of details alike! The main view is a wonderland of dozens of sparkling, nested epidote "bow ties" of best quality! While the front is a jet black landscape of high class epidote, the backside is much more covered in byssolite and calcite microcrystals. Contacts are limited to the backside only, the front is all perfect and beautiful! A major piece of Pakistani epidote!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.6 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
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This is a remarkably beautiful quartz specimen from Val Gronda da Cavrein that shows best textbook aesthetics! One large main quartz surrounded by several side-crystals is perched on a well proportioned piece of rock matrix. The quartz is glassy and lustrous with only very few internal clouds. The chisel-tip termination is exceptionally sharp and completely flawless! Most unusual about this specimen however is the greenish layer that coveres the matrix. The surface is completely covered in transparent quartz which again grew over an association of chlorite and epidote, which is rare for the Swiss Alps and only characteristic for this valley! Very unusual and appealing in person!