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Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
Size: 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
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What an awesome combination of anatas with quartz, from the classic locality in Norway. Since it is forbidden to collect in this area, just a few crystals has come to the market in the last years, mainly come out of old collections in Norway. This crystal has a very strong blue color and the upper third of it gets visible gemmy when it's lighted. I have very rarely seen such a high quality crystal in combination with quartz, as most of the crystals are just lose or grown on regular matrix. This is a very choice specimen and very hard to get.
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 9 x 6.9 x 5.8 cm
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What a beautiful combination of apophyllite and calcite! The small crystals of apophyllite are perfectly situated on the edge of the calcite, beautiful sparkling and very gemmy. Much better in person, because it is very hard to show the high quality of the crystals on the photos!
Faido, Valle Leventina, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 5.3 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
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This is an excellent sceptre quarz from the Swiss Alps. It has a pale pink color, why i would call it a pale amethyst. The scepter shape of this crystal is exceptional and very clear visible. Clarity and luster are very good and it is flawless all around. This is one of the very finest sceptre quarz which I have ever got.
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 5.3 x 5.2 x 2 cm
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A beautiful combination of fluorite and barite with great aesthetics! The intensively purple and glassy fluorite comes as well developed cubes with elegant bevels. The crystals are flawless and also crystallized at the back. White tabular barite forms a wonderful base for the fluorite and makes this an aesthetic highlight of perfect proportion and high quality!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
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I have made many trips to this area on my own, and it is really hard to find any good apatites there! It was always a dream of mine to find a good apatite, but sadly it never happend! This crystal has a very good form with many terminations and a good clarity. It is in a very good conditon over all with just some minor edgewear!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 4 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
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It is very funny to have this color combiantion! To see the green and the blue side by side is very rare and highly appealing! The indicolite looks contacted on the top, but still this is a beautiful piece and very lovely over all! It looks gorgeous in the showcase!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 5.7 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
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A generation of Brilliantly lustrous azurite grown on a matrix of malachite ps. Azurite! The whole piece is sparkling with azurite and is in perfect condition all around. Even the backside of the specimen is covered with crystallized calcite, malachite and some azurite. The real beauty of this classical Tsumeb specimen lies in its countless details, richly spread across the whole piece. Fantastic!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
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This adularia contains actually two “fadenâ€, is a floater and free of any damage. The striking aesthetics of an ivory tower is what makes this specimen appealing.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.4 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
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Unusually fine structured and of perfect textbook composition, this specimen of schorl on quartz is a striking one indeed! Thousands of fine schorl needles are forming a tower-like structure that protrudes from a matrix of high quality Cavradi-quartz. The whole piece is free of damage with just a totally acceptable contact at the top of it. The color is of a deep black with a slight red sheen. All in all this is a piece of sheer aesthetics that renders me rather speechless.
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 9.9 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
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A breathtaking cluster of dozens of pink tourmaline crystals that are chaotically composed around each other. Accompanied by some mica the aesthetics of this specimen is just incredibly attractive. All around there is no damage to be found at all. The crystals show great luster, are limpid and of nice pink color with a slight orange tinge at the longer crystals. Utterly unique and simply beautiful!
Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 16.3 x 3 x 2.6 cm
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The sheer size of 16.3 cm is absolutely striking. Combined with high quality and beautiful colors this doubly-terminated (!) crystal is a real stunner. The red core of the lower half is fully embraced by a thin green layer. The upper half is of a marvelous green color that is just wonderful in person. This tourmaline is in outstanding condition though it is repaired one time - which is, in my opinion, fully acceptable on a great piece like this. Imposing like a rocket, this tourmaline is outstanding!
Ampanivana pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 4.1 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
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Despite the first impression from the picture, the termination of this crystal has only very minor edge wear. This is actually a doubly terminated tourmaline of great color with some londonite at the bottom. Unfortunately the smaller side-tourmaline is broken but therefore we reduced the price on this one. This is still a very much striking piece in overall good condition! Very lovely in person!