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Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.6 x 3 x 1.5 cm
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What a gem! Crystal-clear quartz forms this amazingly lovely and rare structure. Amidst an aggregate of short prismatic colorless quartz has grown a sharp, brilliant and flawless closed gwindel! With a size of 2.5 x 1.9 cm it is a stunning jewel and incredibly rare for Cavradi and the whole region around! As kind of a visual counterweight there is a well defined stocky quartz crystal at the right side of the specimen which adds much in respect of aesthetics! The whole piece is in best condition without any flaws. The underneath is contacted, not broken. Closed gwindel specimens of such perfection are extremely hard to find, no matter the locale. Cavradi however is an even more uncommon place so we are truly happy to present this little sweetie!
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Size: 5.2 x 3 x 2.1 cm
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The Pala District sure is an important region when it comes to high quality tourmaline specimen. Characteristic enough this is an intensively pink exemplar of nice gemmy quality and with a sparkling luster on all sides! It is studded with some lepidolite and feldspar which turns this single crystal into a charming specimen of natural beauty! The overall architecture is that of two intergrown parallel crystals which is easily visibe when having a look on the flat but stepped termination. The condition is near-perfect, even the bottom is not freshly broken but completely re-healed. Definitely a stunner from this classic locale!
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 7.5 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
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A floater specimen of white barite completely covered in shiny red vanadinite. The vanadinite crystals vary in size from tiny microcrystals up to very nice crystals reaching 1.2 cm in diameter. The vanadinite has best mibladen quality with strong cherry red color and sparkling luster all around! The piece is in very good condition with some minor contacts but all major crystals intact and flawless!
Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 11 x 8 x 3.5 cm
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Beautiful aesthetics and superb crystal quality are united on this attractive specimen from Valsertal! The doubly terminated main crystal is glassy, sharp and completely flawless. Also the rest of this intriguing floater is in near flawless condition with only one damaged side-crystal that is but rather inconspicuous. This is a real marvel of great aesthetics!
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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!