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Ankogelgruppe, Anlauftal, Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 25.5 x 8.7 x 6.8 cm
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This is a fantastic and unique masterpiece of natural art!
A pyrite group sits in the center of a lively floater specimen of calcite and chlorite with an spectacular total size of 25.5 cm! The pyrite group itself has a size of 5 x 3.5 cm and consists of nested pyrites that have a characteristic and wonderfully appealing reddish-brown patina.
Due to this coloring, the pyrite clearly stands out from the matrix without effort!
The matrix is a beautiful natural landscape of white calcite and greenish shimmering chlorite with some rutiles in between. All is in outstanding condition and crystallized all around!
This piece even stands perfectly on its own without the need of a base.
Hans Fleißner from Carinthia found the excellent piece in extremely difficult, steeply sloping and highly rockfall-prone walls of the rear Anlauftal.
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Size: 5.6 x 3.9 x 3 cm
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This piece is a really exceptional and highly attractive paragenesis of nice red rhodochrosites on white quartz, as well as grey galena and golden chalcopyrite.
It is really beautiful how the galena and chalcopyrite concentrate on the right half, while quartz is dominant on the left.
The rhodochrosite crystals show superb luster and clarity and have elegant raspberry red color.
A lovely specimen in very best condition.
The piece comes with a label from Austrian dealer and collector Wilhelm Niemetz who had the piece in his private collection for many years.
Bruchgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
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A particularly nice piece is this titanite on adularia from the Bruchgraben in Hollersbach valley. Total specimen size is 10 cm, the single titanite itself is 1.9 x 1.1 cm. This piece was found around the year 1990 by Rupert Hochwimmer who discovered the locale which yielded some of the best titanites of the Alpine region. Unfortunately no new material has come from there since that sensational find. The main crystal shows beautiful grass green color, it is flawless and well developed. The single crystal is set on a bright white bed of adularia crystals which strongly emphasizes the crystal. Absolutely amazing and of best quality!
Ankogelgruppe, Anlauftal, Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
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This pyrite with a great patina of limonite comes from a recent find made by a friend of mine here in Austria. I have never seen such a great floater of pyrite with sharp edges and completely pristine all around from this locale. I chary picked this out of the findings from the recent years while this is among the very finest specimens I got. Very intense reddish color what is hard to show on pictures. Much better in person!
Tatara Mine, Village Tatara, Khyber Agency, KPK Province, Pakistan
Size: 4.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
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This crystal comes from a unique find of albites which has been made this spring in Pakistan. This specimen consists of many crystals which are stacked together forming this outstanding group of very good aesthetics. It is very hard to get such elongated crystals of albite in this quality. The gemminess and luster are very fine, but what is most important is the purple color, what I have never seen before on albite. The color of this specimen is really unique!! This specimen is in a very good condition over all. The mine is closed, so there won't come more specimens of this kind on the market.
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 3.9 x 1.4 x 1 cm
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That's another combination of tourmaline with lepidolite. The lepidolite on the tourmaline is perfectly situated and makes a very nice contrast to the green color. It's much better in person!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 3.5 x 3 cm
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This is a very lovley amethyst from the Austrian Alps. In the last years just a few specimens of good quality came to the market from this locale, and this is one of it.
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!