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Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 6.1 x 4 x 3.2 cm
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This is a well balanced matrix piece of beautiful calcites, from Bad Bleiberg. The colorless crystals are very good visible because of the much darker matrix. Over all this is the best calcite which I have ever got from this classic locale. It is free of any damage and very 3-dimensional in person, what is also very good visible on the attached video.
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 9.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
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This specimen shows an exceptional aestetics! One big crystal is shooting out from a gourp of smaller crystals, all well balanced and perfectly situated on matrix. The crystals are highly lustrous, glassy and with a good smoky color! The main crystal has one contact and some minor damage at the back, but this is luckily not visible from the front. This is very good visible on the video! Over all this is just small in context to the beauty of this piece and absolutly acceptable, even for the advanced collector. Very impressive in person!
Green Walking Stick deposit, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Size: 3.8 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
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Incredible coloring, a fantastic etched surface and a completely gemmy quality! Not much to say, this doubly terminated heliodor is a perfect treasure for any showcase! Found at the famous Green Walking Stick Mine in Zimbabwe this piece leaves nothing but speechless admirers on its path to its final resting place in your showcase. Be sure to have a closer look on this one!
Duvin, Val Lumnezia, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 5.1 x 2 cm
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This is truly remarkable! Not just is this one of the thickest “faden†I’ve ever seen (about 0.5 cm in diameter) but also is it around 20 degree bent throughout the specimen!The quartz itself perfect in any respect: No damage, amazing clarity and luster, superb aesthetics. The piece is even a floater! Wonderful details you would not want to miss are some small epidote crystals, one of which is even inside the quartz (!), to give the piece some appealing specks of color and a flavor of the Swiss Alps.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 13.5 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm
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Distinctly 3-dimensional, flawless and incredibly detailed, this stibnite is just mind-blowing in all its beautyful perfection. In a way it looks like an explosion - frozen in time. Thousands of brilliantly lustrous and completely undamaged crystals form a specimen of overwhelming aesthetics. To see the sparkling fireworks, I strongly suggest you watch the video. Still, this piece looks even better in person. Lovely, marvelous and flawless on all sides.
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.6 x 6.5 x 4.7 cm
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Holding this piece in my hands, I find it a pity that there are so few matrix pieces of high quality tourmaline around. This specimen is a fantastic composition of several quartz crystals holding gemmy tourmalines all over and even inside. The longest tourmaline is 6.2 cm long, free of any damage or even internal cracks and of wonderful green color that gradually changes to turquoise at the tip. A superb piece of outstanding aesthetic. The quartz itself is opaque but crystallized at the bottom and overall in good condition. The tourmaline is perfect and not repaired. Absolutely amazing!
Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia
Size: 4.4 x 3.7 x 3 cm
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Color and brilliance of this emerald are absolutely stunning! The contrast on a perfectly black and white matrix is just spectacular and simply beautiful. There is some edgewear and contact present, true, but the general condition is fine enough, especially considering the crystal size of 1.3 cm x 1.1 cm and its high quality. Without question this is a true marvel!
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 14.5 x 7.2 x 13 cm
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Look at the size of this fantastic Zogno fluorite!
This is a complete floater, heavily etched all around yet at some areas still showing the original cubical crystal habit! The color is a combination of very light green and violet, showing very interesting zoning throughout the crystal. Some limonite inclusions add an earthy-brown color here and there though most of the fluorite is just thransparent and flawless!
One cleavage at the backside is the only issue on this heavy and relatively fragile speicmen, the rest is all complete and perfect which is absolutely remarkable in person! A stunning specimen from this important locale!
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This little scepter quartz is absolutely gorgeous in person! The comparably large head has a smoky tinge to it and is completely glassy with wet-look luster on all sides. The tip is somewhat irregular grown and perfectly crystallised. A lovely little piece of marvelous quality!
Kapudzhukh Mt, Zangezur Range, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
Size: 7.6 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
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Two sharp and lustrous rutile crystals are set on a white to orange quartz matrix. The crystals are opaque black with only very small patches of red here and there. Both are well developed, sharp and near-flawless with size of around 2 cm in diameter. Very nice specimen for this rare material!
Turt Mine, Turt Negresti-Oas, Oas Mts, Satu Mare Co., Romania
Size: 11.8 x 7.8 x 6.9 cm
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It's a cluster of superb lead-grey cube-octahedra galena crystals covered in hundreds and hundreds of tiny sphalerite crystals on all parts of the surface! Especially the front view is very attractive, a construct of distinctive intergrown crystals. The backside is all sphalerite. Here you can see some minor damage but the front is complete and perfect.
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This is a characteristic piece from Serifos Island in very best condition! All crystals are just perfect on all sides which makes this a brilliant little specimen!
The intensive green color, caused by acicular actinolite inclusions, is easily lit through the translucent crystals. The surface has a nice waxy luster. Perfect in shape and quality!