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Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.9 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
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Like a landscape of sparkling green titanite crystals on white adularia. There is some chloritization present but expecially the frontside is sharp and lustrous. One main titanite crystal over 3 cm in size (!) dominantly sticks out of the piece and dramatically shows its vibrant green color and the sharp and flawless shape. Being free of any damage and very well balanced, this piece really knows how to impress!
Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Size: 11 x 9.4 x 8.9 cm
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Beautifully 3-dimensional and colorful with a large main crystal at the center of numerous side crystals and a sparkling bed of blueish cleavelandite and white to purplish mica. The main tourmaline is a massive crystal, close to 8 cm long and 6 cm in diameter. The surface is superbly lustrous all around and radiates the whine-red color this crystals is made of! Interesting enough, the crystal shows an intensive yellow color at the anhedral bottom, which is quite unusual for the locale! This is an astonishingly beautiful specimen of excellent quality and composition!
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Large cubical fluorite crystals of appealing purple color that is characteristic for Weißeck area. Under direct illumination you can see different color layers. From a pinkish fringe to a light blue interlayer and further to a intensively purple, almost pink core. The composition shows a thin quartz plate around 0.6 cm thick that is encrusted with fluorites of differing size and shape. The main view is like a crown of purple around said quartz plate and highly aesthetic, while the backside is a full fluorite front. The largest crystal on this piece is a remarkable 3.8 cm on edge! The bottom is not a new break but fully rehealed. This is an imposing specimen and a outstanding example for this region and the Austrian Alps as a whole.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
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Pure crystallized aesthetics and top notch quality!
This is one exceptional piece that combines a pristine glassy smoky quartz "faden" with contrasting white adularia in a breathtakingly beautiful composition! The quartz shows distinctive brown color, is sharp, highly lustrous and limpid with some striking adularia inclusioins at the center. The adularia is translucent white and all perfect which is kind of miraculous on a fragile piece like this!
To be honest, this quartz fooled me at first to be a gwindel and only at second sight revealed itself to be a "faden" type which is extremely rare on smoky quartz and thus came as a pleasant surprise!
As a floater it has a completely crystallized underside that is associated with some byssolite and epidote microcrystals. A masterpiece of perfection and beauty!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.7 x 2.6 x 2 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 specimen is a combination of two parallel intergrown "bow tie" clusters that are partly encrusted with some sparkling light green epidote. There are some contacts at the backside but overall the floater is in very good condition with no damage all around!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a unique find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed crystals of an unusual and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way.
This is basically a singly "bow tie" cluster, distinctively developed and with bright luster! It is completely free of any damage, with only some contacts here and there. Very straight in shape and characteristic for the new find!
Pyan Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 3.6 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
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This amazing spinel appears to be a doubly twinned crystal which I honestly haven’t seen before. Like that it has three sharp pointed tips in a star or crown like manner.
The quality is absolutely superb as well, showing great luster and clarity and a lovely strawberry red color!
The spinel is set on a characteristic white calcite matrix which is both elegant and well contrasting! This is certainly a unique specimen of exceptional shape and wonderful quality in best condition!
Pyan Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5.4 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
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A single spinel crystal of dramatic size and gemmyness is set atop a white marble matrix. The marble emphasizes the striking cherry-red color of the spinel and provides for a calm, supportive ambience. The octahedral spinel is only attached to the matrix on a small patch, the rest is all free and visible. The surface has brilliant luster on all sides with subtle, attractive etchings. Deep cherry-red color radiates from the high quality crystal even at low illumination. Amazin glassy quality and stunning color, crystallized as a single spinel octahedron!
Söllnkar, Krimmlertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
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It is one of those pieces that instantly casts a spell over the beholder! It was found around 1990 by Panzl, Stöckl and Stockmaier and is still one of the best clusters ever to be found on the Söllnerkar! As a perfect floater it is flawless all around and strikes with its unusually thick epidote crystals, the central crystal being 1.2 cm thick! All crystals are sharp, highly lustrous and easily lit with backlight that draws out the inherent green and brown colors! Absolutely breathtaking and charming all around!
Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
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Composition and crystal quality and overall aesthetics are absolutely amazing on this magnificent garnet specimen! One single spessartine crystal, 2.8 cm in diameter and of cherry red color, is set atop a contrasting white feldspar floater. To fatten things up even more there is a complex doubly terminated schorl at the garnets backside. Absolutely beautiful in person! At the spessartines front tip you can see an old and re-heald chip but which is the only small issue on this otherwise perfect and super-aesthetic specimen!
Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.6 x 5 x 4.3 cm
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This breathtaking floater specimen is from a new find and I must say, I haven't seen this kind of combination before: Sparkling green top quality titanite crystals are abundantly set on the characteristic filigree adularia matrix. What's so special here is the glistering addition of metallic hematite that has grown on larger, second generation adularia crystals. This combination of hematite, adularia and titanite is absolutely marvelous, especially due to the high overall quality and the well preserved condition!
Uchucchacua Mine, Province de Oyon, Peru
Size: 7.7 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
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Several gemmy red rhodochrosites are set on a characteristic black manganese oxide matrix. The largest crystal is 1.3 cm wide and totally gemmy with striking cherry-red color. It shows a complex shape with great luster and no damage whatsoever. The smaller crystals have somewhat less color but are equally perfect. An overall very beautiful specimen with single isolated crystals on a contrasting matrix!