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Grimsel, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 5.4 x 5 x 2.8 cm
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This small cabinet quartz specimen prominently holds a metallically shimmering sagenite grid, around 1.7 cm in diameter. Several rutile needles spread from the sagenite, penetrading through solid, glassy quartz. This whole piece is in excellent condition with a crystallized backside that is strewn with tiny rutile and anatase crystals. An attractive specimen with its very own unusual aesthetics!
Kristallwand, Frosnitztal, East Tyrol, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 5 x 3.6 cm
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This titanite is without question a very fine specimen from a small 2014 find. Fantastically lustrous and sharp-edged titanite of pleasing amber-brown color are scattered across the naturally broken, beautiful matrix. The reddish-brown color is extremely rare, especially in Alpine pieces and nowhere else have there been found pieces of such exceptionally sparkling quality! Watch the video for a better view, you will be stunned!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 3 x 2.3 x 2 cm
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This rare mineral, named after David London, professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Oklahoma, is the cesium-dominant analogue of rhodizite. All major finds worldwide occured in Madagascar where also this fine specimen origins. The single lemon-yellow translucent crystal with a greenish core is an irregular mixed crystal of rhomb-dodecahedron and deltoid-dodecahedral. It is a flawless floater that is striking in its simplicity. A fine example of a very rare mineral out of a unique 2015 find!
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The unusual color combination of this aesthetic fluorite specimen is quite intriguing especially when lit from the back which brings out the intensive purple phantoms that rest inside these honey-yellow fluorite cubes. This is a formation of several stacked cubes of fine translucent quality. The sides and bottom are contacted but not broken. There is minimal edgewear present but nothing really bothering. A lovely piece of outstanding color!
Monte Prosa, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Tessin (Ticino), Switzerland
Size: 4.1 x 3 x 1.6 cm
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A single hematite rose of remarkable 2.2 cm in diameter sits on a adularia matrix and creates a perfect textbook composition. The hematite has mirroring luster and is flawless. The adularia is a floater with a nice green chlorite coating and small quartz crystals. All of this adds up to a wonderful piece of typical Alpine character and very much appealing aesthetics that is perfect all around.
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size: 7.4 x 5 x 4 cm
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The black and white combination of this Elba hematite with associated quartz is just brilliant and brings it right to the point! Sharp black surfaces with mirroring luster play with interwoven snow white quartz needles. The whole piece is in best condition with only some contacts at the back. A real stunner of dazzling contrast, highest crystal quality and superb aesthetics! Our video very well shows its sparkling nature in a 360° view. Lean back and enjoy!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
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The quality of this hematite is nothing short of mindblowing! Mirroring hematite petals are neatly arranged to shape this iron rose, that is perfect on both front and backside. Associated rutile crystals are present on all over the piece adding some spots of color. The specimen has a sharp hexagonal shape with plain, metallically shimmering side faces. Where the rose detached from the rock it has some contact but aside of that it is in just brilliant condition. A real highlight from Mörchnerkar, birthplace of so many wonderful hematite specimens!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4.2 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
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Wow, what a fantastic green titanite! This crystal is all gemmy and marvellously lustrous with a deep mossy green color. The main crystal is incredibly thick, around 1.2 cm(!), and shows a smaller twin crystal at the backside. There is no damage visible, only some rough edges. The bottom is contacted but not freshly broken. A rare jewel without any downsides!
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2.1 kg of solid galena, brilliantly crystallized on all sides, even at the bottom which makes this a perfect floater. The Sweetwater Mine in the Viburnum Trend - the belt of lead mines in Missouri - is well known for its world class galena specimens. Especially nice about this specimen is the 3-dimensional shape of intergrown cubical crystals that are heavily modified to show hundreds of faces. The luster is not top but good all the same. At close inspection you will find some nice little sphalerite distributed about the galenas surface. This whole specimen is free of damage, full of lovely details and a real stunner in person!
Gjaidtroghöhe, Große Fleiß valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
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Deep orange color radiates from under the very well crystallized surface of this remarkable piece. This scheelite was in fact part of a much larger crystal but which was divided in many parts during growth. All of those parts re-crystallized at the broken faces and are now floaters. This one is free of any damage and shows a great termination. Alpine scheelite at its very best!
Antsira Mine, Sahatany Valley, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 7.1 x 7 x 4.3 cm
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This is a lovely albite matrix with two gemmy and colorful liddicoatite crystals atop! Both crystals are flawless, highly lustrous and show distinct color zonation, ranging from pink to white, green and pink again at the flat termination. The larger tourmaline on this piece is around 2 cm long and 1.8 cm thick. The overall aesthetics is absolutely stunning with brilliant quality and in very best condition. The pristine combination of liddicoatite and white albite is something really special - extraodrinarily beautiful and extremely rare, particularly developed in such intriguing beauty! A lovely piece in perfect small cabinet size!
Antsira Mine, Sahatany Valley, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 11.6 x 9.4 x 7.2 cm
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A fascinating African landscape of bright white albite and rock-colored quartz holding a scattered group of high quality liddicoatite. The tourmaline is highly lustrous on all sides, with flat but nicely structured terminations. Bright colores, ranging from strawberry red to olive green and a deep cherry red at the center, are well visible even at low illumination and easily contrast at the white background.
The whole specimen is distinctly 3-dimensional and beautiful on all sides with no noticeable damage. Even the bottom is all crystallized!
If you love natural matrix pieces of rare liddicoatite, than this is a fantastic choice as you will realize when you watch our attached video!