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Felli Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 9.8 x 9.8 x 5 cm
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Not one but TWO high class gwindels are present and dominant on this unusually fine specimen! Our video gives a much better impression about the distinctly 3-dimensional shape than you could possible see in the flat picture. The two gwindels are arranged behind one another. The one at the back being more "classic" in shape, the one at the front showing a really dramatic twist of over 50°! Such a strong twist is extremely rare as it takes a slim yet long gwindel to achieve which is uncommon to say the least! Both crystals consist of glassy smoky quartz with a nice and warm brown color through and through. The surface is great with the top 2 cm of the front gwindel showing some chloritization but the rest being all lustrous, well structured and sharp! The gwindels are set on a piece of rock matrix accompanied by some smaller smoky quartz side-crystals. Absolutely stunning and highly aesthetic in person!
Hornspitze, Mitterbachtal, Ahrntal, South-Tirol, Italy
Size: 7.8 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm
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Hornspitze is a mountain right on the border between Austria and Italy (or, if you prefer, between North Tyrol and South Tyrol) that is surrounded by a harsh glacial landscape. Minerals from this locale are rare but this very specimen is just wonderful! The matrix is crystallized with feldspar and quartz micro-crystals on all sides, even the bottom, which makes this a floater specimen. Along the ridge there are several transparent quartz crystals up to 5.3 cm long and flawless. A lovely specimen with a distinctive outline and great quality overall!
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.1 x 3 x 2.2 cm
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This specimen shows very nice aesthetics and great condition all around. A single transparent fluorite cube with beautiful modifications is the main crystal. It is accompanied by a pink apatite cluster that adds a distinctive color patch. The base is a mix of silvery muscovite and white albite, all nicely crystallized. This is a well focused specimen of appealing aesthetics in best condition!
Jausenscharte, Große Fleißtal, Heiligenblut, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 6.9 x 2.5 x 2 cm
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Rutilated quartz from the Alps is a rare species, especially when it comes to undamaged high quality specimens!
This crystal is remarkably sharp and lustrous with a pointed termination and beautiful striations on the prism faces. It has rich inclusions of rutile from bottom to top that catch the light and reflect it as warm golden color which fills the glassy crystal and lets it shine!
Seidlwinkltal, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.4 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
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Perfectly clear and highly lustrous quartz with fascinating surface structure and in very best condition! While the crystal is largely broken at the bottom (but with some rehealed areas as well) the rest of it is flawless without even the slightest abrasions! Iron oxide residues at the bottom face show that cracks have been present long before the crystal was retrieved from the pocket. That iron oxide also lends a nice golden color to the otherwiese water-clear crystals! Absolutely beautiful in person!
Piz Cavardiras, Disentis, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.1 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
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I love the well balanced aesthetics of this one! One completely flawless main crystal of spectacular quality is set on a beautiful matrix of white feldspar and small smoky quartz. The main crystal shows best transparency, wonderful warm brown color, fantastic luster and perfectly sharp edges! The matrix is mostly natrually broken, even the backside is crystallized and beautiful. It's a pristine specimen with no downsides!
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 6.4 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
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Sharp translucent white adularia crystals and porcelaine colored pericline are well balanced and richly interlocked on this combination specimen. While adularia is a bit more dominant here, the pericline constitutes the base and provides a contrast: Not of color but of crystal shape.
As I turn the piece around I can't find any damage. Even the bottom is fully crystallized and fine. A lovely specimen of alpine feldspar!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm
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Luster and clarity of this quartz are quite spectacular and perfectly transport the green sheen that emanates from the actinolithe inclusions near the bottom of the crystal. The only small downside are minor abrasions on the tip and some edges but nothing so bad. Even the bottom is mostly crystallized. A highly attractive specimen if you can live with small imperfections.
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 3.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
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A flawless and gemmy single spessartine crystal of bright orange color is set in the middle of a sparkling white matrix like a perfectly designed jewel! The crystal is all complete and shiny and with a very open gemmy color. The matrix is of pearlescent white albite, both on front and backside, which brilliantly contrasts with the orange garnet.
A perfect thumbnail specimen of striking quality and aesthetics!
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Quality and elegance of this clacite floater are totally stunning in person! The crystal is compeltely clear. Its surface has a wonderful waxy luster and fine structure. And there is no damage whatsoever! A superb specimen of utter perfection!
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The piece is composed of nested cubic fluorites with an intense purple color which makes for very nice aesthetics.
The crystals are relatively dark but translucent. The surface is velvety matt and largely undamaged.
Contacts can only be seen at the edges. Especially around the top, however, the crystals are nicely formed and complete.
If you shine a strong light into the crystal at the very top, you can see an excellent phatom. Deep purple on the inside, then a greenish zone, delicate purple on the outside. Absolutely beautiful!
The backside is covered in white calcites, as can be seen on the video.
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 11 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm
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While both fluorite and aquamarine aren’t exactly rare at the Erongo region, but it is the combination of both which makes this specimen special and unique.
Individual pieces with this combination are known and have been found since the year 2000. However, the vast majority is relatively clumsy and unappealing.
This specimen is from a new find and it exceeds everything that we have seen so far.
It has the sweeping aesthetics of a crown of bright green fluorites over a three-dimensional stack of aquamarines.
The fluorites are exceptionally brigth green and show the characteristic purple eges which makes it particularly vibrant!
Especially if you add some backlight it really glows!
The crystals are all undamaged. The backside is contacted but not broken.
The aquamarine crystals show distinctive blue color, they are lustrous and glassy and have flat terminations.
This is a remarkably three-dimensional specimen with an appealing richness of crystals, all interlocked and adding to the overall aesthetics.