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Innerer Knorrkogel, Gschlöss valley, East Tyrol, Austria
Size: 12.4 x 7.7 x 4.8 cm
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A three-dimensional landscape of towering adularia, lustrous smoky quartz and some plain white pericline! This Alpine arrangement of quartz and feldspar is gorgeous in its very own untamed, rough way. It has some peripheral contacts but is overall in surprisingly well condition. Even the underside is completely covered in adularia and smoky quartz micro-crystals! Very nice in person and full of beautiful details!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 5.3 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
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Two bright green tourmalines are sticking out from a lovely matrix of lilac lepidolite which privides a very nice color contrast! Both crystals are gemmy and lustrous but show differend terminations: while the larger 4.2 cm crystal has a pointed pyramidal termination, the smaller one is flat but with an unusual surface structure. The overall condition is near-perfect. Only one side-crystal on the base is broken but which doesn't much concern as the focus is of course on the protruding main crystals. Very nice in person and with a 3-dimensional character!
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Binntal magnetites count as the Alps best and are all time classics! While most magnetite is enclosed in mother rock the crystals from this locale are often free, sharp and highly lustrous! The main crystal here is 1.1 cm in diameter and very well placed on a piece of rock matrix. Its octahedral shape is distinctively visible as the crystal stands freely on the rock. The crystal is perfect and of top quality!
Grimselpass, Hasli Valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 11.2 x 8 x 10 cm
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It's a gorgeous exemplar of bright golden quartz in best condition and magnificent aesthetics! The 3.5 cm thick main crystal prominently protrudes from a composition of smaller side-crystals. All quartz crystals are glassy, sharp, lustrous and of intensive golden color that originates from a thin coating of iron oxide that fades towards the terminations. The main crystal has a small amount of chloritization at the termination but not much and not distracting. The color is surely the most unusual feature of this specimen but high quality, textbook composition and near perfect condition are really elevating it to a piece of art!
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Size: 5.9 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
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Etched fluorite of this unique shape are special for Elmwood and very rare to find! As a remnant of the original cubic shape this piece has still a regular corner at the bottom. The rest however is completely etched to leave this fabulous arrow head shape! The whole piece is without damage and shows a nice frosted surface on all sides. Below this surface is a limpid interior that has a slight purple color to it. Some white baryte rounds out the picture. Very attractive in person and a unusual find!
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This fluorite from the important "Eiskluft" shows quite the unusual aesthetics. The cubical fluorites are arranged as a distinctive spatial pocket, completely clad in sharp, lustrous and glassy purple crystals. The periphery of that pocket is contacted but has no damage. The fluorite aggregate is elevated on some matrix which makes it even more attractive from the aesthetical approach!
Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.2 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm
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This brilliant fluorite specimen from Weisseck is in absolutely best condition all around! The specimen is an elegant sculpture composed of stacked purple fluorite cubes up to 1.5 cm on edge. The fluorites show intensive purple color at the core with colorless zones towards the surface which makes it easier for the light to enter and let the piece shine! The surface is highly lustrous which is a rare thing for Weisseck fluorites as most of them are dull from humic acid etchings. This piece on the other hand was found at the permafrost soil and kept its superb luster! Here and there you can find some orange calcite crystals attached to the fluorite which adds some more color and diversity. Have a look on our video to see the piece from all sides, including the fully crystallized backside!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.5 x 2.6 x 3 cm
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This "Fensterquartz" is absolutely wonderful and vibrant in person! Fantastic luster, glassy interior and a sweeping composition of interlocked crystals. It is a complete floater with terminations on bottom and top. The quartz shows very good quality with a glassy interior and lustrous faces all around. Some iron oxide here and there adds orange color to the otherwise colorless quartz specimen. Very three-dimensional and of beautiful quality!
Ex Wolfgang Vötter collection
Ritterkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8 x 8 x 4.2 cm
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Adularia is one of the more uncommon species found in the Rauris valley yet some very nice pieces are known. Here you can see sharp interlocked white crystals with nice luster on a contrasting grey calcite matrix. Very aesthetic and in best condition!
Ex Wolfgang Vötter collection.
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.1 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm
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This is an extremely nice and sculpturesque exemplar of Alpine pericline that is composed of lustrous off-white crystals, towering upon each other and held together by some silery mica-schist and rusty brown limonite on the backside. The overall aesthetics is very intriguing and elegant, condition is outstanding!
Bruchgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.4 x 6.5 x 2.1 cm
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In the early 1990s this locale yielded a number of significant titanite specimens of beautiful quality. Since then however no new material is appearing and whatever is on the market is highly coveted.
This is a matrix specimen with a rich number of lustrous green titanites up to about 1 cm in size. The crystals are distributed over a surface of sparkling white adularia micro-crystals, accompanied by a single 7 mm adularia in the center.
The specimen has nice classic aesthetics, sharp crystals and no damage anywhere!
Telirio Claim, Linópolis, Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 4.5 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
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High class brazilianite from the Telirio Claim near Linópolis. It has a single 3.3 cm brazilianite set on a well shaped feldspar that is crystallized and lustrous all around. The brazilianite itself is completely flawless, perfectly shaped and shows fresh and open green color! It is gemmy and lustrous and contrasts with the simple white matrix. It is amazing how freely the brazilianite is visible from the front. Not only is it prominently situated but it also appears as if the crystal was flowing over the edge. Superb aesthetics and marvelous quality!