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Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.2 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
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A sparkling marvel of exquisite aesthetics, this piece is the perfect choice for any collector of fine minerals! Several layers of hematite are imbedded in adularia. Upon the mirror-like faces of the hematite blades you see rutile of fantastic deep red color that brightly shine even in low light. The whole composition, the combination of these three minerals is simply superb!
La Cuerre Mine, Rionansa, La Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain
Size: 10.3 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm
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Like snowballs on a slope, these two flawless and highly lustrous yellow calcite crystals are sitting on a beautiful pink matrix that supports the dramatic charm of this specimen. The piece is crystallized on all sides – even at the bottom – and simply perfect in any respect. A real eye-catcher with jewel-like crystals.
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This specimen of fascinating blue-red ruby shows perfect textbook aesthetics. The special coloring is very much typical for the locale of Winza and uniquely beautiful in between of sapphire and ruby. The marvelous main crystal of 1.1 cm in diameter sits atop a crown of accompanying side crystals, grown on a utterly beautiful massive black matrix. This rare beauty is sparkling all around and of highest quality. An absolutely outstanding ruby specimen as I have hardly seen alike!
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 7.7 x 4.3 x 5 cm
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WOW! Seldomly have I seen a piece of such extraordinarily combined minerals. Like king and queen: A perfect, gemmy and lustrous aquamarine sits aside a octahedral fluorite of nice orange-pink coloring on a muscovite matrix. A fabulous composition that offers well balanced aesthetics and high quality minerals alike. While the fluorite has some slight edgewear, the aqua is just perfect. Out of a find from approximately 15 years ago, this is a piece of timeless elegance!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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This quartz is out of an old find. Typical for the locale, it is of pristine quality with high luster and clarity. Most remarkable about this piece is the combination of elongated prismatic crystals on a base of shorter crystals of a completely different crystal habit. One quartz crystal, protruding in an odd angle and thus showing a crooked appearance, is in fact a doubly terminated crystal clamped amidst the other crystals. This is truly a remarkable piece of unusual character and in good condition.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
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This smaller specimen is a nice combination of two tourmaline crystals on white blades of albite. While this piece is a floater, unfortunately one of the crystals is broken at the bottom - you can still see its imprint in the larger albite crystal. The lower half of the tourmalines is completely dark but changes to a light yellowish and limpid zone at the top. A very lovely piece of nice aesthetics.
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One single barite crystal that is clear as a window and completely free of damage protrudes from a beautiful dolomite matrix. Perfectly composed with textbook proportion and some evenly pristine side-crystals. A brilliant piece in very good condition!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 13.8 x 12.6 x 12.3 cm
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What immediately lets me think of an Alpine quartz specimen is in fact from Pakistan! The piece shows very good quartz quality, great clarity, luster and distinctive development! The chaotic, 3-dimensional arrangement provides a very natural look, the iron oxide coating adds some color and live!
This whole specimen is in very good condition, all main crystals are flawless. The bottom is crystallized making this piece a floater with only some peripheral contacts. An appealing piece of exceptional character!
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Size: 5 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
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A large, brilliant single calcite crystal of high quality, transparent and lustrous. The honey yellow color is especially strong at the tip of the scalenohedron, getting paler to the bottom, where the crystal sits on a grey piece of matrix. The crystal is in overall well condition with only a very small chip at the pointed termination. A striking piece of straight, well balanced aesthetics!
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The shape of this exceptionally nice prase specimen reminds me of a sailing ship on its way from Serifos Island where the high time of this famous green quartz is long gone due to a legal prohibition.The translucent crystals are 3-dimensionally arranged and in perfect condition. With only some smaller broken sidecrystals the overall impact of this piece is just astounding and unusually striking. A great piece of this more and more rare mineral that gets its unique green color from tiny inclusions of hedenbergite or actinolite.
Racracancha mine, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco Province, Peru
Size: 10.5 x 9.2 x 3.8 cm
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Bright golden pyrite crystals of striated cubical shape are stacked on this classic yet impressive specimen!
The cubes are all in marvelous condition with only insignificant abrasions. The largest one reaches a bit over 3 cm on edge.
The specimens backside is all crystallized with micro-crystals of pyrite, sphalerite and calcite.
Very good crystal quality, condition and composition from the lesser known Racracancha mine.
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 7.7 x 3 x 5 cm
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This is a very lively and organic example of the rare cadmian smithsonite. An aggragate of translucent honey-yellow scalenohedral crystals up to around 1.2 cm in size, associated with some green malachite, partly included in the smithsonite. A distinctly 3-dimensional landscape as you very well can see in our video!