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Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 5.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
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This lovely fluorite specimen shows brilliant crystal quality and beautiful aesthetics! The single 1.6 cm fluorite is exceptionally glassy and has that distinctive green color with dark purple around the edges. It is complete all around, no damage. The fluorite is set on a piece of white microcline with fine needles of black schorl all over it. Some of the schorl is even intergrown with the fluorite but not too much to disturb the beauty of it!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
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This is an exceptionally beautiful combination of hematite on quartz. The shiny metallic hematite is a solid plate with smaller secondary crystals. The quartz is transparent, highly lustrous and perfectly crystallized all around. Whichever way you look at it, this entire piece is perfect. There is also no damage to the back, which is but a bit rough in places. On the surface of the hematite, tiny rutile crystals can also be seen, as is typical for the locale.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 8 x 7.6 x 5.2 cm
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Composed as a three-dimensional spray, these aquamarines are glassy and show distinctive blue color through and through. The condition is stunning all over. There is no obvious backside as the crystals are nice and shiny on all sides! In between aquamarines there is feldspar and minimal schorl present.
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 6.1 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
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This hematite is rather massive and has bright luster on both front and backside.
The main iron rose aggregate is stunning 4.8 cm broad and meaty 1.2 cm thick. It shows particularly nice crystallization and is in near-perfect condition.
It is associated with a second aggregate that lies diagonally at its base and is of matching quality and condition. However you turn this specimen, you will see vibrant luster and beautifully crystallized hematite all over!
Ex Karl Podpeskar collection.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.2 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
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This is a small jewel from a recent find made this year in Switzerland. Just a few specimens had this quality and perfection. With the small crystals attached at the right side, this specimen is not "just" a single crystal. It is very gemmy and pristine all around.
Huaron mines, Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru
Size: 10.1 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
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This is a very good combination of quarz, chalcopyrite and pyrite! The specimen has a very good "outline" and it is very showy in person. No significant damage is present!
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 4.5 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
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This is a very lovely piece with two generations of calicte. It has no damage at all!
Schinschlucht, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.1 x 5.4 x 5.1 cm
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The Schinschlucht is famous for this type of quartz, which has very nice phantom iclusions of chlorite. This group has a very good aesthetics and the phantoms are very good visible. The termination of the main crystal has a mixture between a contact and some irregular growth, but it is not damaged.
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WOW, this is an awesome indigolite in combiantion with a very nice doubly terminated quartz on the back! Most of the pieces coming to the market are simply single crystals without any matrix and I have seen this combiantion only very rareley in the past! The quartz is perfectly grown on the back side of the troumaline here and also in the right hight! The indigolite has a beautiful pointed termination, which improves the over all appearance even more! All this properties combined on one pice are making a beautiful outline here and a great aesthetics! The crystal is showing an intense blue color with just a slightly touch of green. It is transparent, free of damage and lustrous! Over all this is a high quality indigolite easily good enough for the edvanced collector.
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Found in spring 2014 this specimen is one of the finest of its kind. The striking turquoise Paraiba-color is caused by copper and catches the eye instantly. Analysis identified this mineral as the extremely rare tridymite crystobalite opal. Especially specimens on matrix are almost impossible to come by, so this one might just be the chance of a lifetime!
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 9 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
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This group of adularia is nested atop a snow-white cluster of pericline. The piece is a floater in a totally flawless condition with a beautiful green chlorite coating at the bottom. To see the distinct 3-dimensional character, you would want to watch the video. Very nice in person, this specimen appears fine and very attractive.
Poudretta quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Size: 6.2 x 4.9 x 1.9 cm
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Serandite of such extraordinary quality is only produced by the mines of this classic locale and is incredibly rare on the market. The salmon colored crystal is prominently situated on a beautiful brown and white matrix with inclusions of black aegirine. What you find here is perfect textbook aesthetics with a flawless crystal of brilliant luster, color and quality. A fantastic piece and a rare opportunity!