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This is a superb piece from the Rieding area at Weisseck that shows exceptionally large fluorite cubes up to 3 cm on edge on a limestone matrix!
The fluorite shows a nice green to blue color - depending on the light color - and is largely transparent. The surface is frosted, yet leaves enough insight into the clear crystals. Large and impressive with tightly packed crystals of great quality and color!
This piece was found in 1997 by my father Anton Watzl senior!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 17 x 10.6 x 8 cm
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An unusually rich paragenesis from the Knappenwand that shows a well balanced composition of epidote and albite in combination with some apatite and byssolite. The epidote comes in two generations, a grass-green coating of sparkling micro-crystals that covers around half of the rocks surface and a second generation of larger crystals, characteristic for Knappenwand specimens. This epidote stands in contrast to the snow-white adularia that forms cloud-like clusters on the specimens upper half. Small apatite crystals up to 0.5 cm in diameter are distributed between the epidote. This rock is naturally broken and shows us a paragenesis thats very much characteristic for the locale, yet surprisingly rich and detailed!
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First of all look at the size of these milarite crystals! A combination of two main crystals vertically extends over a length of 4.8 cm across the white feldspar matrix. This is absolutely outstanding and stunning for this rare minerals which is mainly found in very small crystals, mostly under 1 cm. The single crystals measure 3.1 and 2.6 cm whereby especially the upper, doubly terminated and freestanding milarite impresses with its superb quality! Glassy, gemmy, highly lustrous and in perfect condition! The front side is largely covered in chlorite but still the luster is shining through. The backside is completely free and grants the insight into the gemmy colorless inside! The whole specimen is in excellent condition and crystallized even at the backside. An important specimen for the mineral that is exceptionally aesthetic and impresses with staggeringly large high quality crystals!
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Paprok may be one of those world-famous localities for fine tourmaline but also for aquamarine? Hardly! Still, this very specimen was found there and it is pretty indeed! The single aqua is set on a characteristic mix of quartz, feldspar and schorl. The crystal has a modified hexagonal shape that is more typical for morganite but the color is blue - a light but definite sky blue. There are some peripheral contacts but the aquamarine is in best condition. The interior is glassy, the surface is partly frosted, partly lustrous and clean. This is an unusual and striking piece from a major locale!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
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Top sceptre quartz specimen with exceptionally distinct "windows" that reach deep into the crystal without compromising the well cut crystal architecture. The crystal is completely flawelss from bottom to top. The large sceptre head is set on a comparatively thin stem which looks just amazing. Iron oxide inclusions make it shine in beautiful golden light!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.9 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
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Clarity, shape and luster. This brilliant skeletal quartz is absolutely water-clear, free of internal cracks, beautifully etched and completely flawless all around. It stands like a monument, ponderous and strong yet filigree and full of lovely details. The shape of this crystal still resembles the original hexagonal quartz prism but gets more and more skeletal to the tip. The bottom is fully crystallized as well and shows incredulous surface structure. While most known skeletal quartz of comparable quality are from Habach Valley, this very specimen has been found in Felbertal, making it even more valuable to collectors. This is truly one of a kind, majestetic and marvelous!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.1 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way.This is a singly "bow tie" cluster, distinctively developed and with bright luster! It is completely free of any damage or contacts.
A piece of distinct shape and characteristics!
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 6 x 4.6 x 2 cm
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Brilliantly sparkling tourmaline from a 2018 find in Myanmar that has produced a small number of exceptional tourmalines with highest quality and beauty!! The crystals from this find show incredibly good quality and very attractive deep red color that stands out from the large number of tourmalines worldwide!
This fine specimen is an association of red tourmaline and brilliant short prismatic white quartz crystals. The tourmalines show very well defined polyhedral terminations with vibrant luster. Quality, aesthetics and condition on this piece are absolutely top and strikingly attractive!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
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Three stocky quartz crystals set on a rich matrix are composing this excellent specimen. A colorful example of high quality quartz in association with adularia, byssolite and limonite. The quartz is sharply developed, water clear and free of any damage! Below the sparkling trinity you can see orange limonite and green byssolite which add the colors for this attractive piece. Some adularia completes the picture to form this gorgeous paragenesis! An Alpine beauty of exceptional grade and remarkable beauty!
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 15.7 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
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This Goboboseb amethyst specimen has a striking presence due to its 15.7 cm of brilliant quality quartz! It has two completely perfect and sharp crystals on a quartz and calcite covered rock matrix. The quality is quite amazing! Both crystals are glassy and highly lustrous. There are some milky zones, especially at the larger crystals, but those are nicely mixed with the purple clouds and completely transparent parts. Very attractive, dominant and of best quality and condition!
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Size: 9.5 x 7.4 x 7.1 cm
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This rhodochrosite from the N’Chwaning Mine is a brilliant piece with crystals up to around 1.3 cm. Especially attractive is the striking contrast between crimson red rhodochrosite and the metallic black background of the characteristic manganese matrix! The crystals are gemmy, lustrous and sharp and largely in best condition. Only some peripheral crystals are broken but which is hardly visible and almost unavoidable on rhodochrosite specimens of this habit. I stabilized a visible crack at the matrix’ bottom but it is definitely not repaired! A brilliant piece from this famous locale!
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The largest one of these modified cubical fluorite crystals is 7.3 cm in diameter and, like the rest, in outstanding condition! This terrific fluorite was found at the so called "Gipfelkluft" (=summit cleft) which produced some of the best specimens of this whole area! The fluorite is a spectacular mix of green and purple zones as you can easily see with some backlight illumination. And it doesn't need much! A little sunlight or some artificial light (LED, halogen, etc.) is sufficient to have this crystal shine in all kinds of colors from purple to green and blue and everything in between, depending on the light source. We tried to capture that with the camera but the different versions don't really do it justice as the camera is just never as good as the human eye! Always better in nature, trust me on this one! When turning it around you will find that the whole backside is crystallized and with very minimal damage. The front is completely flawless and shows a beautiful array of stacked fluorite cubes. Totally stunning for its striking aesthetics, the sheer size and of course the impressive colorplay!