This outstanding topaz is the centerpiece of a spectacular 2017 find near a farm in Fazenda do Centro, Brazil. Over 80 kg of pure topaz were unearthed before the site got depleted once and for all. This crystal is a real monster and completely perfect without even the smallest damage and wonderfully etched all around! The skeletal shape is incredibly 3-dimensional with caves and cavities and clefts and vugs, all summing up to a 33 cm high mountain! A staggering highlight about this piece is also the color! While the left and right side show a distinct champagne color, the centre completely changes to a light blue that stretches out right up to the multi-peaked summit! This bi-color development on a piece of such immense size is something that surpasses everything else on the market or in the history books by far! The surface is all lustrous and beautifully structured, as much as you can wish for. The bottom, the backside and absolutely everything on this specimen is crystallized and just incredibly attractive in person! The crystals body is flawless to the bone, having no impurities or internal cracks! This is the absolute superlative of topaz!
Sparkling, raspberry-red tourmaline crystals are crowded on a shard of white quartz! The whole piece is a stunning wonderland of gemmyness and juicy colors that is nothing short of amazing! The crystals are all stocky prisms with complex terminations. Still, interesting enough, some of the crystals show the flat terminations which is a great aspect from the mineralogical view! The raspberry-red color is intensively present but at direct down-light you will find the crystals to be bi-colored, having a olive-green to yellow core. The whole thing is free of damage with only some peripheral contacts. The large flat crystal at the top has a small restauration but thats it. Just beautiful. Just brilliant. Just amazing!
This tremendous emerald green tourmaline is gemmy from bottom to top and needs only very little backlight to reveal its mesmerizing quality! All sides show superb luster right up to the termination which is somewhat frosted but very well developed and undamaged! The overall condition is great with only few very minimal abrasions at the sides. A side-crytal at the backside is broken but re-healed and not visible from the front. Apart from that the crystal is in exceptionally fine shape with no repairs or fills. Massive size, gorgeous quality and absolutely brilliant green color make this a vibrant crystal of great impact!
A lovely coat of white albite and pink lepidolite nicely envelops the stunning doubly terminated tourmaline crystal. The crystal is remarkably large for a Stak Nala piece and strikes with great luster, a well defined termination and the color change. While pink at the bottom, the crystal has a characteristic dark middle part and a gemmy achroite part to the top! The whole specimen is in best condition with only very minimal wear on a few spots. As you can very well see in our video, the crystal has a sparkling, nicely structured surface on all sides and stands out of the albite/lepidolite coat in just the right proportion. Highly aesthetic and of excellent quality!
From a chemical, prosaic point of view, this is a liddicoatite-rubellite mix-crystal associated with muscovite around the base. It is repaired once. But fortunately the world is not just facts and physics! This tourmaline specimen displays a clarity and luster that seem almost uncanny, knowing this piece comes from Malkhan where crystals are commonly much more murky and dull. Still, however you turn this spectacular specimen, the luster is absolutely top notch and the gemmyness is pristine! From bottom up you see a play of warm colors, from olive-green with some pink influence to an elegant bordeaux-red towards the termination. Said termination is a real miracle for itself, so lustrous, so nicely structured, so well developed and perfect. This is sure on of the very finest and most aesthetic tourmaline specimens ever to have come from this famous locale!
This outstanding topaz is out of the spectacular 2017 find near a farm in Fazenda do Centro, Brazil. Over 80 kg of pure topaz were literally unearthed before the spot got depleted once and for all. This topaz has the unique shape of a bi-color butterfly, ocean-blue and champagne-orange. As is characteristic for this find, the piece is completely etched all around with nicely structured faces, sharp jags and indentations. A break on the side seems re-healed, but most parts are perfect anyway, no room for interpretations. Size, shape and color of this specimen are highly attractive in person. The crystal body itself is completely glassy through and through making it seem almost like artfully blown glass! A rare and charming masterpiece from this unique locale!
This is a large matrix-specimen of purple fluorite that is totally impressive in size and a real showpiece! I have seen quite some great pieces coming from Zogno but nothing even remotely as imposing as this fine specimen. As is characteristic for those fluorite this piece shows a color change depending on the light-temperature. The heavily etched crystal shines in a dark vibrant purple at warm light or intensive blue at colder light. The white contrasting matrix is what makes this piece so very special as usually these pieces do not come with matrix. Very attractive in person, exceedingly rare and in great condition this is a real masterpiece in person!
129 gramm of pure gold is dramatically developed as a 3-dimensional arborescent sculpture! The whole specimen is rich in details that sparkle with intensive yellow color. Hoppered fishbone growth, grape-like extensions and branching twigs of solid, shiny gold. This is for sure one of the most striking specimens I have seen coming from this locale that has quickly come to fame for its high quality gold specimens. 3-dimensional development, intensive color and a shimmering surface are trademarks of the locale and of this specimen in particular. Have a look on our video to see the full beauty of this brilliant gold!
Aquamarine crystals of differing length are uniquely clustered to resemble a spiral staircase! Nested in the middle of this structure is an orange spot of garnet that makes a lovely addition and very much enhances the overall picture! The aquamarine itself is limpid, highly lustrous and without even the slightest flaws! Even the bottom is not broken but fully crystallized! The terminations are absolutely fantastic with beautiful bevels, lovely surface structure and just brilliant luster! This remarkable aquamarine specimen is totally exceptional in aesthetics and quality!
When thinking about world-class dioptase it always comes down to one lacality: Tsumeb. No other location has produced anything near as good as the rich emerals green crystals that have been found at that famous mine. One major example is the dioptase we are presenting here.This specimen holds one large, gemmy and lustrous, richly emerald green dioptase crystal that is surrounded by smaller side-crystals and white calcite. The crystal is doubly terminated and incredible 2.7 cm long! Size and quality of this specimen are absolutely overwhelming in person. It is virtually perfect with just one barely discernible ding at one of those very sharp edges. Dioptase crystals rarely reach a size 2 cm, making this one a sheer giant. A real killer in size and brilliance!
The aesthetics of this piece is absolutely unique, featuring two opposing crystals on characteristic brownish matrix with smaller quartz. Especially the larger main crystal is absolutely astonishing. Massy and with great luster, wonderfully modified and structured. Anyhow, its also the smaller crystal that adds very much to the overall beauty of this piece, making it even more interesting. A rutile-duality on matrix as I have not seen one alike. A matchless piece with a very distinct outline that miraculously catches the eye.
I have seen a couple of fine Chrome-Tourmalines over the years but this specimen is just breathtaking and for sure the best one I ever came across. With almost 6 cm in diameter this piece lies heavily in hands and loses nothing of its beauty when turned around. It is a perfect floater, a short doubly terminated tourmaline cluster of exceptional shape. There are gapfills at the frontside but which are totally acceptable on a masterpiece like this. One major aspect about this specimen is the fantastic bright green color that virtually explodes from this piece at direct illumination. I got this piece from an old collection in Vienna and I am extremely pleased about that. The former owner did many trips to Tanzania himself but never layed hands on another comparable piece. A world-class piece of pure brilliance!