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Tole, Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Size: 11.2 x 7.8 x 6 cm
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This fascinating specimen is exceptionally 3-dimensional which you can easily see in our video! Sparkling luster, glassy crystals and a complex architecture make this floater specimen something exceptional in person! The white thread (or “Faden”) is distinctly visible and runs from bottom to top like a spine. The whole specimen is in very good, near flawless condition with only one damaged small crystal on the lower backside but which is hard to see because of the sheer flood of beautiful details and sparkling crystal faces! A marvelous specimen of high quality and best aesthetics!
Riedingsee, Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 14.7 x 10 x 6.6 cm
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This is a classic from Weißeck area! A large cluster of intensively blue fluorite, encompassed by white scalenohedral calcite. The specimen is generally a floater, contacted only on the right side. The fluorite is in surprisingly well condition with no damage anywhere in sight!
Its color is unusually intense and visible throughout all the rich multitude of transparent cubes. This kind of blue (known among collectors as "duck-blue" or "entenblau") is extremely hard to find with this specimen arguably being the best ever found!
A rarity of elegance and appeal that adds color to any alpine mineral collection!
The fluorite comes with a historic label of the "Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie die Universität Salzburg" from the year 1970.
Uchucchacua Mine, Province de Oyon, Peru
Size: 8.3 x 7.2 x 4.1 cm
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This unusual rhodochrosite specimen features a single crystal that’s 3 cm broad and 1.3 cm thick.
I love the unique aesthetics of this specimen as there is one exceptionally well developed crystal of striking red color and very good clarity at the center of a beautiful matrix. And this matrix is a rarity of itself!
Unlike the more common black oxide matrix this rock-matrix is covered in cream-colored chalcedony with nice blue fluorites which contrasts very well with the single rhodochrosite.
Most spectacular however is of course the rhodochrosite itself which impresses with intensive color, clarity and flawless perfection. The shape is very unusual for it is none of those characteristic scalenohedrons but a more compact hexagonal wheel.
Ex Reinhard Dallinger collection!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 7.2 x 4.8 x 4 cm
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Crystal shape and overall composition on specimen of pure and massive pyrite are absolutely unique and stunning! A dramatic main crystal that has 4.1 cm on edge is set on an elongated flat piece of crystallized pyrite.
That main crystal is a perfect octahedron with lustrous and nicely structured faces and all six terminations visible which is totally unusual!
It is surrounded by a number of smaller side-crystals mainly on the backside, while the front is all free and well defined!
The whole piece is in exceptional condition and strikingly beautiful in person!
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 13 x 9 x 6.5 cm
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This specimen strikes with best purple color and a dominant, well defined main crystal! The main amethyst is 11.9 cm long, sharp and lustrous on all sides. The interior is largely clouded but has brilliant gemmy patches with satiated color that really rewards some backlight! The condition is near perfect with only some microscopic abrasions at the backside. The Termination is sharp and flawless! Absolutely marvelous and dramatic in person!
Schwarze Wand, Hollersbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5 x 4.9 x 2 cm
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Hessonite from this remote locale are top Alpine classics and extremely hard to get. Brilliant cherry red crystals are crowded on this impressive specimen, beautifully sparkling and sharp! The largest garnets are very close to 1 centimeter in diameter and come as well developed modified rhomb-dodecahedrons. The matrix is one of solid red garnet and has green clinochlore micro-crystals on the backside. The whole specimen is in very good condition with some contacts but no actual damage. A very impressive and remarkably attractive specimen from a unique find!
Ritterkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 27 x 10.5 x 10 cm
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This huge skeletal quartz is totally unique for its fascinating shape and the marvelous quality! What used to be a large quartz prism is heavily dissolved on both bottom and top while largely keeping the hexagonal shape in the middle section. Through the highly lustrous front face you can see through the whole glassy, slightly smoky crystal body right to the more etched backside which is just beautiful to look at! The condition is near-perfect with only a couple very small chips which is stunning on a heavy piece like this! Shape, quality and sheer size come together on this dramatic specimen!
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This is one of the nicest pieces of pure pericline I have ever seen. It is a disctinctly three-dimensional specimen with stacked snow-white crystals and some associated rutile and quartz micro-crystals at the base. The bottom is completely crystallized as well which makes this an actual floater specimen that's in fantastic condition. An outstanding and absolutely gorgeous specimen for this mineral!
Roter Mann, Kleines Fleißtal, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 13.5 x 8.9 x 7.7 cm
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The massive, stocky shape of this exceptionally dark smoky quartz is totally unique for the locale! The whole piece is in excellent condition with a completely crystallized underside and almost no wear or abrasions! The quartz has a dark and warm brown color that is visible throughout the thick glassy body. Save for some internal cracks the interior is all transparent and really amazing! The surface shows beautiful structures all around and very best luster. There are hardly any smoky quartz specimens from the eastern Alps that compare to this striking crystal from the northern face of Roter Mann!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 3.5 x 1.7 x 1 cm
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This is basically a single 3.2 cm long crystal with some associated matrix. It is classic fibrous green brochantite but with a well developed termination and hardly a scratch anywhere. The piece comes with a label from Donald K. Olson.
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.9 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
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Super sharp anatase on white quartz in mesmerizing composition!
You can browse through hundreds of specimens without finding a piece of such exceptional beauty and perfection! The brilliant white quartz with some chlorite inclusions is the base for a group of high quality anatase crystals with bright luster, distinctive bi-pyramidal shape and pristine condition. The sharp crystals create a very distinctive outline with a doubly-terminated crystal prominently sitting at the highest spot. Distributed atop the anatase are some brown spots of iron oxide (possibly siderite) which add a little more color. Absolutely outstanding composition and quality are combined on this unique specimen!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 5.5 x 4.9 x 2.6 cm
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One absolutely outstanding specimen is this azurite that has not only the quality but also stunning aesthetics! The azurite is arranged as a ring of flawless crystals with striking electric blue color! At some patches you can see malachite pseudomorphosis but by far the largest parts are just pure, sharp, lustrous and vibrant blue azurite crystals! The backside shows some contacts of rock matrix but even here you can’t find any damage. It’s an absolutely stunning specimen from worlds finest source of world class azurite!