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This is a dramatic, highly aesthetic quartz faden sculpture from Paprok! This outstanding piece is a staggering 20.5 cm large and beautiful all around! The shape is a combination of many quartz crystals of differing size, clustered together along a central thread, the so called “faden”. The quartz on this spectacular piece is of absolutely best quality. Glassy crystals with brilliant luster and free of even the smallest chips or abrasions!
Roter Mann, Kleines Fleißtal, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 7.7 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm
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This might not be the most spectacular specimen but it is a wonderful marvel that grows in significance the longer you look at it! Being free of any damage with even crystallized bottom faces, this is rather exceptional smoky quartz of lovely quality and aesthetics! The quartz is milky at the base but grows more and more glassy and smoky towards the terminations. A horizontal crystal forms a bridge between the main crystal on the left and a nice group of smaller quartz crystals to the right. Somehow uncommon yet intriguingly attractive!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
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This is a great and kind of unusual piece of augelite and quartz on matrix. The crystals are lifted from the matrix on stilts-like quartz needles. Anyhow, the main focus here is on the larger quartz crystal that protrudes on the rigth and the imressive 2.4 cm augelite both of which are perfectly flawless. The overall picture reminds of a steamboat or a locomotive with chimneys protruding from the top. This is an unusual piece with an exceptionally large and brilliant augelite in a really charming companionship!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 6.9 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
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With 2.4 cm on edge this octahedral fluorite is rather dramatic and very well designed. The pink color is strong throughout the transparent crystal which also shows a dramatic surface structure of strongly modified faces but with sharply defined edges and corners. The octahedron freely sits on a sparkling matrix of white rock and lustrous smoky quartz that perfectly emphasizes the fluorite. Best aesthetics and superb crystal quality from Zinggenstock!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 6.6 x 5 x 3 cm
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The somewhat unusual aesthetics of this liddicoatite specimen is very much intriguing in person. A lovely little group of liddicoatite is perched in front of a white piece of feldspar matrix. The tourmalines are all flawless and perfectly terminated at the bottom! Though they are relatively dark, the color appears at direct illumination: Characteristic strawberry red at the bottom, mossy green further up! An appealing piece of distinctive character!
Senninger Klamm, Hollersbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 19.5 x 14 x 8.1 cm
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As a complete floater of pure pericline this is a highly unusual specimen for the locale. It is tremendous specimen with a distinct outline and a very much 3-dimensional character! The naturally grown cluster is shaped like a ship with superstructures of pure pericline atop. The eye-catcher at the center is a group of three tower-like shapes the longest of which protrudes around 5 cm from the base. All in all this is a distinctly 3-dimensional pericline cluster with only minimal issues, some contacts that are not easily discernible. Unusual and appealing!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 11.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
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What catches the eye immediately is the outstanding multifacetted termination that radiates the distinctive apple green color from the completely gemmy upper section like a lighthouse! Uttermost perfection and beauty are totally stunning in person! Further down, the crystal becomes a diverse pink complex of crystals that makes for an intriguing view! The tourmaline is repaired and some side crystals are contacted but all in all this is very much acceptible on a brilliant high quality specimen like this! A marvelous and showy exemplar of sheer beauty as only nature is capable of creating!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 3.9 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
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A lovely twin tourmaline specimen of brilliant quality and nice open colors! The two crystals are not quite parallel - they show a slight yet aesthetically important v-shape that leads to two sharp cut pyramidal terminations. The gemmy crystal displays distinct color zoning, from pink to green, white and pink again at the termination. Very lovely and in flawless condition!
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This wonderful specimen of tourmaline with lepidolite strikes with best textbook aesthetics! The single tourmaline is gemmy with a lovely pink color, great luster and a sharply cut polyhedral termination! The color is actually more intense in the lower half of the crystal but effectively reflected in the terminations many faces which brings out the color nicely! Attached to the base of the specimen is some lepidolite which adds much to the aesthetics of the piece. Very lovely in person!
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A single high class quartz crystal, colorless and pristine! The elongated prismatic crystal is glassy and only a little clouded towards the termination. The surface is lustrous on all sides and shows some beautiful striations and structures. The termination is sharp and flawless with perfect mirroring luster! Around the crystals base is a cluster of smaller quartz crystals none of which is broken or damaged which is more like a miracle than simple luck! The bottom is all crystallized and sparkling. Summing up I realize how incredibly perfect this specimen is which really amazes me on a beautiful high class quartz like this! Have a look on our video to see the reflections on a 360° view!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.5 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
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A highly lustrous and all over brilliant quartz sceptre with an association of pericline and calcite. The sceptre is distinctively developed with a sharply cut, pointed head. Despite internal cracks the crystal looks gemmy and vibrant. Towards the termination, where the crystal gets increasingly glassy, you can even see thin rutile needles. The whole thing is in marvelous condition. Great quality and textbook aesthetics!
Antetezambato, Ambanha District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
Size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
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Around ten years ago there has been a major find of the demantoid variety of andradite in the Ambanha District where also this fine piece comes from. Characteristic for the find the main crystal as well as all side crystals are of dodecahedral shape, set on a yellowish porous limestone matrix. The main crystal is 1.3 cm in diameter and displays very good quality, bright luster and a transparent, intensively green crystal. A lovely specimen of well defined aesthetics from this no longer active site.