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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!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 24.5 x 22 x 11 cm
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Hundreds and hundreds of cubical pyrite crystals with shiny golden luster reflect the light like a shattered mirrow! The longest dimension of this huge specimen is around 27 cm which means this specimen will never get lost in your showcase! Fascinating enough it is even crystallized at the back where you also can find some quartz. Around the periphery there is some contact but most is crystallized and fine. Sure, there are som minor abrasions here and there but on a heavy piece like this that is unavoidable. Very fine specimen of huge impact and best golden quality!
Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
Size: 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
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An intensely yellow barite of fascinating growth pattern and a thickness of considerable 0.7 cm. The crystal is perfectly positioned on a fine white matrix-piece of just the right proportion. The aesthetics of this specimen is rightous spectacular. There is virtually no scratch here and no downside. An extraordinary piece!
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With its dramatic size and the 3 mm thick layer of shiny opal this is one of the most striking specimen from the unique 2014 find of this rare material. The striking turquoise Paraiba-color is caused by copper and catches the eye instantly. Analysis identified this mineral as the extremely rare tridymite crystobalite opal (Opal-CT). The opal is grown over a compact brown quartz matrix as you can well see on the backside. Some gaps between opal and matrix are filled with acicular turquoise crystals, possibly brochantite. All in all this is a marvelous specimen with intensive color and an appealing glossy surface. Absolutely outstanding and unique!
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.7 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
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Diamantina is well known for its quartz specimens with inclusions of rutile, hematite or chlorite. However, this very distinctive smoky quartz sceptre is a brilliant exception. The aesthetics is very straight forward: A large head of nice smoky color is grown on a colorless stem, both of which show very fine luster and sharp development. At the touching point between stem and head there is a dark zone that is particularly smoky! The overall condition is very good with only a contact at the backside and some contact induced rough edges. No damage!
Surrein, Sedrun, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm
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The attractive honey-yellow color, provided by a layer of iron oxide, makes this quartz specimen a brilliant choice for every collector of Alpine variety. It is a floater in overall good condition though admittedly not completely perfect. Excellent luster, clarity and color combine to a sparkling fireworks as you can very well see in our video.
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 2.6 x 1.1 x 1 cm
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This little candy is a very sharp and glassy amethyst sceptre with inclusions of mica and rutile near the bottom. With the exception of one virtually invisible chip at the middle section this quartz is flawless.
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!