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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!
Großes Bielenhorn, Furka Pass Area, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 14.4 x 9 x 7.4 cm
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The massive 7 cm broad smoky quartz crystal majestically towers above a supportive group of side-crystals. All crystals are of very dark brown color with great luster and very well defined development. At roomlight you might believe it to be of the opaque "morion" variation but direct backlight reveals a completely clear interior with a sculpture-like inclusion in the middle. The piece has some edge-wear but is overall in very good condition with no damage anywhere. Even the bottom is not broken but only contacted or even crystallized in parts. An outstandin piece of highly appealing aesthetics, superb quality and imposing size!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 10.2 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
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This Paprok tourmaline unites everything we look for in a high class specimen! Nice combination of colors, great luster, a sharp pointed termination and even small side-crystals, all found in this crystal of remarkable size! The tourmaline is gemmy from bottom to top, almost transparent and displays an amazing color zoning: Orange at the lower half, deeply emerald green in the middle and strikingly pink at the terminal zone. The termination itself has a pyramidal shape, is lustrous and with a brilliant surface structure, all perfect and unharmed! All over, this specimen is flawless and nicely lustrous along the striated prism faces. Two small side-crystals near the bottom complete the picture. A marvelous tourmaline with no downsides!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.2 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
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The find in the western Pakistani Mountains has brought a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape to the market. Sprays of dark green, lustrous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way! This unusual specimen resembles a cross of two bow-tie shaped epidote aggregates that is especially lovely! A perfect little thumbnail of highly appealing shape without a single scratch!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 10.9 x 8.5 x 4.7 cm
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Pyrite is stacked upon pyrite, all towering up until one singel 3.5 cm octahedron completes the composition. All crystals show nice golden luster and well developed crystal shape. There is no damage to be found here - also the backside is an impressive show of rich intergrown pyrite. Unusually nice aesthetics, sharp crystals and brilliant luster are adding up to a superb pyrite specimen!