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Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Size: 4 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
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The Central Mine in Keweenaw County is one of the oldest, most classic copper mines of Michigan and has produced a great number of fine specimens over the second half of the 19th century. This specimen is a characteristic arborescent group of blocky copper crystals that show a beautiful metallic copper color and an exceptionally vibrant sheen. It is distinctly 3-dimensional and perfectly crystallized on all sides. A fine floater of appealing quality and aesthetics!
Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Size: 12.9 x 8.7 x 6.7 cm
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This one is a real blast! With 12.9 cm in size it is quite a piece and there is no damage all around. A cluster of metallic black huebnerite freely protrudes from a 3-dimensional composition of lustrous white quartz crystals. Smaller transparent quartz crystals have grown on the huebnerite but cover it just to the right extent to protect the brilliant aesthetic of this outstanding specimen.Even the bottom is fully crystallized so there are no downsides at all. It comes from the famous Pasto Bueno District in Pallasca Province, Peru, which is known for some of the very best huebnerite specimens worldwide.
Iovitra Mine, Itremo Massif, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Size: 11.1 x 7.4 x 5 cm
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Certainly the best specimens of fuchsite in quartz are from Ihovitra and this specimen is honestly the most elegant and striking I have seen to date!It is appealing in size and displays the most distinct, best-colored fuchsite phantoms in glassy and sharp quartz crystals. The arrangement is pure textbook with an amazing and very catchy outline! There is hardly any scratch here, a broken side-crystal is long re-healed and not easily visibly anyway.
A rare and exceptional piece of intensive green color – the chromium of this muscovite variety does its work nicely – and great aesthetics shows fuchsite at its most attractive!
Murursprung, Ankogelgruppe, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.9 x 1.4 x 1 cm
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Probably the best single rutile crystal we have ever seen coming from Austria. It is doubly terminated, free of damage and shows some nice red color, although - due to its thickness - only at the surface. The whole crystal is brightly lustrous as you can well see on our video. While the Ankogel group is usually famous for great sagenite rutile, this fantastic crystal is massive and exceptionally thick. A real stunner in person!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.7 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
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Almost like a citrine this remarkable quartz sceptre shows staggering golden color. Still, this is a perfectly colorless and transparent quartz which gains its bright color from iron oxide, covering many of the natural "window" faces you can find all over this incredible specimen. Holding no significant damage, this is a fantastic Austrian quartz of best quality and absolutely unique development!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 10.2 x 7.3 x 5 cm
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A masterpiece in respect of composition and color combination and crystal quality alike! A dominant colorless and water-clear quartz crystal of utterly beautiful surface structure emerges from a group of quartz crystals, intensively orange to red with iron oxide. To the right of the specimen is a nested cluster of green epidote with some white adularia, which makes for a very rare and desirable combination. With no damage and best quality this is a superb specimen for any collection of fine Alpine minerals!
Schwarzes Hörndl, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.6 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
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This titanite is something very unusual!
It is a rather large and sharp, arrow-head shaped titanite that is absolutely outstanding if not unique for the locale!The crystal is a floater that shows superb luster on all sides. At the back it has a white pericline crystal, encrusted in some chlorite.With no damage, distinctive shape and a wonderful combination of green and brown color this is an overall great piece from a very uncommon locale!
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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!