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Andaychagua Mine, San Cristobal District, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
Size: 2.6 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
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This thumbnail piece is a nice and characteristic example for the 2014 find at the Andaychagua Mine. A single "herringbone" aggregate plate rises from a well proportioned piece of white calcite matrix. The silver is very thin and fragile yet in perfect condition and naturally appealing. Depending on the light the silvery-grey color shows a vivid sheen all around and draws attention to itself. Smaller silver fronds at the sides perfect the aesthetic picture of this lovely piece. A high small yet classy specimen from this new Peruvian locale.
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.
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 3.5 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
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Wonderful golden color and a vivid sheen are most intriguing attributes of this unusually well shaped gold specimen from Pontes e Lacerda. Its shape shows the perfect duality of blossom like crystallization on the on side and a panel of hoppered grown gold on the other. This fine gold specimen is out of a completely new find from 2015 - one that has already been closed by police forces just several months after its discovery - that has rapidly made a name for itself as a source for world class gold specimens. Undamaged, distinctly 3-dimensional and absolutely brilliant!
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler Pb mining District, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size: 6.5 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
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Mimetite from Germany and of such striking quality, intense orange color and appealing aesthetics are super-rare and extremely hard to come by. The botryoidal mimetite spheres of up to 7 mm in diameter are scattered across both sides of the flat matrix piece that provides a very good contrast. The condition is mostly flawless with only some minor issues here and there but which are totally acceptable on a rare piece like this. Beautiful and highly interesting for the unusual locality.
Reiterkluft, Hocharnwand, Hohe Tauern, Kärnten, Austria
Size: 6.6 x 2.7 x 3.4 cm
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I totally confess: I love fluorite from Reiterkluft! The classic dark purple color is absolutely unique for Alpine fluorite and extremely rare. The piece we have here might not be the largest but the crystal quality speaks for itself. Having two fluorite octahedrons on this well balanced piece is already a blast. While one crystal sits at the very edge of the white matrix and shows a cleavage surface at the bottom the other one is just perfect and partly encrusted with some chlorite. A brilliant small cabinet specimen for any collector of Alpine treasures or fluorite rarities.
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 14.3 x 12 x 6.9 cm
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Large and thick pericline crystals tightly packed on matrix. The larges crystals are around 3 cm long and 1.3 cm thick. The predominating white is in parts covered with a slight yellowish iron oxide coating. Mixed between the pericline are some adularia crystals, all sharp and of nice translucent quality. Aside some peripheral contacts there is no damage to report. A massive specimen of appealing 3-dimensional character!
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 18.5 x 14.1 x 9.5 cm
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This is a huge and simply incredible specimen from Zogno! Not only is it the impressive size or the combination of distinct cubical crystal shape and amorphous etches. What is totally striking here is the fantastic color that virtually explodes from this piece at direct backlight. Depending on the light-temperature the fluorite shines in a dark satiated purple at warm light or intensive blue at colder light. The whole cluster is in perfect condition and has no downsides. Absolutely brilliant and amazing!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 10.6 x 7.2 x 2.9 cm
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Rich and sparkling, colorful and gemmy! This is a flat plate of pure azurite and malachite of just best quality, crystallized on front and backside. Particularly the front shows a spectacular plethora of sharp, lustrous, royal blue crystals. At some peripheral regions you can see beginning pseudomorphosis, adding some nice spots of green malachite. A just brilliant Milpillas azurite that's much better in person!
Zwillingswand, Zederhaus, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.1 x 7.5 x 5.2 cm
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This is one of the best and most aesthetic quartz specimen ever to be found at the Zwillingswand, Salzburg. The piece shows a great outline, high quality crystals and a sheer fireworks of sparkling surfaces. Some rust-brown iron oxide adds the characteristic color and makes this piece even more lively. Being free of any damage or even abrasions, this is a high class quartz specimen for this part of the Alps.
New Cornwall Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size: 4.2 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
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The New Cornwall Mine near the town of Kadina in South Australia is famous for world class atacamite having produced some of the worlds finest specimens of this rare mineral!
This is an exceptional group of sharp, deep green and lustrous crystals nicely arranged in a fanning pattern. While the backside is a little overcrusted the front perfectly shows the blocky atacamite. Some contacts are present aroud the base but no damage!Absolutely stunning in size and quality!
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Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 9.6 x 9.5 x 5.3 cm
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A towering paragenesis of tetrahedrite on pyrite and quartz. The largest tetrahedrite crystal at the pieces center has an impressive 3 cm on edge, is sharp and - unlike some other tetrahedrite on this specimen - is free of damage. The crystals sit on golden pyrite cubes with nice bevels and striations. Some white and sparkling quartz at the base provides for a great contrast and overall aesthetics.
Not overall perfect but a worthy locality piece of great composition!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 6 x 5.4 x 5 cm
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This small cabinet piece from the famous Huanzala Mine is totally unusual. The massive pyrite is complete all around, free of any damage and shows best golden luster. The body of this surprisingly lively piece is a cluster of octahedral pyrite crystals of unusual growth. While the crystals are sharp and smooth along the edges, all the faces in between are assembled of many microfaces and thus show a grainy yet absolutely flawless and stunningly beautiful structure. Prominently atop this cluster sits a single octahedraon with brilliant mirroring faces. The quality is just perfect on all sides. I have seen many pyrites coming from the Huanzala Mine but yet nothing alike this fantastic specimen!