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Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 9.5 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm
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This is sculpturesque lemon-yellow brucite of very best quality and in exceptionally appealing shape. The botryoidal brucite is nicely lustrous and crystallized on both, front and backside. Some intergrown pieces of rock adds contrast to this specimen that otherwise shines with the most vivid yellow color you can find!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7 x 6.3 x 4 cm
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Pyrite is an extremely rare species at the world-famous locale Knappenwand that usually comes as tiny, hardly visible golden specks. With a crystal size of 2.5 cm this is an absolutely important specimen of remarkable magnitude! The crystal shows small abrasions but is otherwise complete and very well developed. The surface is lustrous and shows a warm orange/gold color.
It is set on a rock matrix, streaked with a vein of epidote.
This is an absolutely unique specimen that we didn't know existed from this locale! We got this piece with no locality information, but according to Andreas Steiner and the Hofer brothers it's definitely coming from the Knappenwand!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 6.1 x 5 x 4.7 cm
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Fluorites from the Erongo Mountains are known for their amazing green color and this specimen is no exception! Modified octahedral fluorites up to 2.3 cm in diameter are showing their fascinating emerald green even at room-light illumination while virtually exploding with color at direct downlight! When you turn the piece around you can see that the fluorite there is contacted. But it's not green but red-brown with some purple patches and an association of white mica. The frontside however is all very well defined with a distinct main crystal at the top and a single quartz near the bottom which adds much in respect of aesthetics!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.3 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
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Sharp metallic iron roses are set on a charming combination of glassy adularia and silvery mica. All crystals are in best condition so that nothing disturbs the appealing landscape you can see here. A wonderful little paragenesis!
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.5 x 4 x 1 cm
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It's an arrangement of three interlocked tourmaline crystal of wonderful quality! Especially the largest one is super-gemmy, colorful, lustrous and with a sharp pointed termination that has a gorgeous golden color! The crystal on the left is similarly sharp and pointed. The smaller right tourmaline shows a flat termination which is interesting to have on one specimen. There are no damages!
Sapat Gali, Naran-Kaghan valley, Mansehra District, Pakistan
Size: 3.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
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This is something really exceptional from the mineralogical point of view: A stunning peridot from Sapat Gali, Pakistan. The quality of this single crystal specimen is absolutely fantastic! Specimens of such quality have almost exclusively been found at this very locale! It is totally gemmy through and through and shows intensive green color and a nice waxy luster. The crystal shape is very well developed and there is no damage present. The bottom is re-healed, not freshly broken. This peridot is a totally exceptional exemplar for this rare mineral that strikes with perfection and quality!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
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As a complete floater, this specimen is crystallized on all sides and free of any damage. The gwindel at the center is 3.2 cm broad and nicely developed. The surface is somewhat chloritized which adds this nice natural Alpine character. I particularly like the matrix which is in fact a chain of interlocked smoky quartz crystals that carries the gwindel like a floating island would carry a passenger. You can better see the three dimensional composition in our video!
Hyderabad District, Telangana, India
Size: 9.5 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm
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A new find near the city of Hyderabad has recently produced a number of amazing phantom quartz specimens. This one is an aesthetic group in very good condition and with distinctive and beautiful hematite phantoms in each and every one of the glassy quartz crystals! There are minimal abrasions present but the overall condition and crystal quality are just great! Amazingly beautiful in person!
Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 10.1 x 9 x 7.9 cm
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It's a single fluorite octahedron from Planggenstock with a spectacular size of 10.1 cm!!
That means the crystals is over 8 cm on edge and exceptionally well developed!
While the underside is rough and irregular, it is not broken but completely crystallized.
The crystal itself is really marvelous, especially if you give it some backlight, which is when it reveals a satiated homogenous strawberry-red color!
The main body is free of internal cracks, only around the periphery you can see some cracks but actual damage is unbelievably low. One single small damage at the bottom is visible, the rest is perfect!
Have a look on our video for a better impression on this marvelous specimen!
But make no mistake: The video was done in daylight. If you add some warm light the color really starts to glow!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 15.5 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm
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Smoky quartz from Zinggenstock has the reputation for great crystal quality and rich composition. This plate of white rock matrix is fully covered in transparent and lustrous smoky quartz crystals of all different sizes and orientations. One of the largest cystals stands at the top, dominating the outline and overall aesthetics of the specimen. The crystals are all in very best condition with only a few microscopic abrasions but no broken crystals anywhere. An impressive specimen of Alpine smoky quartz!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
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The special thing about this piece is certainly the nice and clear aesthetics. A single, disc-like, high-gloss and sharply pronounced 2.5 cm hematite plate sits on a group of transparent and shiny quartz. The hematite is covered with comparatively thick and intense red rutile crystals. On closer inspection, one notices that the radially arranged rutile crystals do not only sit "on" the hematite, but are actual building blocks of the hematite/rutile disc and thus catch the light from behind like windows and let it through to the front in bright red. Like the rays of a rising sun.
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A just lovely quartz from the Turbhorn that is in amazing condition all around!
The main quartz is all brilliant, limpid, lustrous and sharp.
Its pointed termination is flawless and even the bottom is completely crystallized.
There is one small abrasion on the back but that’s all.
The main crystal is accompanied by several aesthetically arranged side-crystals of utter perfection.
The bottom is crystallized with some calcite and has no damage or even a contact.
Have a look on our video which offers a great look on the spectacular quality!