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Touissit, Oujda-Angad Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Size: 6.3 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
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A group of azurite crystals with part pseudomorph transformations to malachite associated with white dolomite on rusty red gossan matrix. The azurite is up to 1.5 cm long and well developed. It is rather dark but at direct backlight you can reveal some electric blue patches that are really gemmy! Nice paragenesis with beautiful color combination!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 11.9 x 9.7 x 5.3 cm
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Like a monumental landscape of rugged cliffs and green vegetation this specimen is rich in three-dimensional details all around! The main component is glassy white, heavy weight cerussite with sparkling luster! In between the cerussite structures there is some green malachite as well as some rust-brown matrix. The piece is overall in very good condition. There is one damaged zone at the top but which gets lost in the rich composition of shape and color!
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This dominant exemplar of honey orange calcite on white matrix is an older piece that features a rich number of hexagonal crystals with rhombohedral terminations. While it is not completely flawless most crystals are intact and of very nice quality. It's the overall sweeping aesthetics and dramatic size that makes this piece special!
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm
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Coming from a recent find this garnet is a real giant, considering the locale. With sharp edges and a deep red color this is for sure a remarkable piece. There is no damage to be found here, just some weathering here and there. A substantial piece of Alpine garnet!
Corrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.5 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
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Size and quality of this type locality brazilianite are absolutely stunning! The single crystal is large and massy with fantastic gemmy green color and great luster all around! There are some contacted zones but not damage or abrasions. At the base there is some minimal muscovite present which is characteristic for the locale. Corrego Frio has been closed some seventy years ago but spimens from this classic locale still shine as the best for the species! This is an outstanding exemplar that's easily going to draw attention in your showcase!
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!