Mixed Minerals
Tatara Mine, Village Tatara, Khyber Agency, KPK Province, Pakistan
Size: 3.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
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This is a very nice crystal of albite with a great shape, very good luster and gemminess.
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.3 x 6.2 x 6.1 cm
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It's a combination of quartz with numerous adularia crystals that completely cover the lower end of the specimen. The main quartz has a visible size of 8.6 x 2.3 cm. At its side you can see two quartz stumps of broken crystals but which are completely re-crystallized with very nice structures. The whole specimen is in very good condition.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 14 x 11.6 x 4.8 cm
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A fascinating floater specimen of water-clear, towering quartz on matrix. This piece is crystallized all over, shows a perfectly aesthetic outline and a great variety of doubly terminated crystals. There are no downsides her, only a large diversity of nice details. At very close inspection there are some small chips but nothing of significance. A brilliant quartz floater of characteristically high Cavradi quality!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 6.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
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While commonly orange, yellow or brown, this perfect single scheelite crystal shows a distinct purple coloring that radiates from the highly lustrous surface. The sharp crystal shows five out of six possible tetrahedal tips and is beautifully attached to a white, sparkling quartz crystal that is a floater and completely flawless! Absolutely spectacular in quality and aesthetics! The little tetrahedrons you can see upon the scheelites faces are small chalcopyrite crystals. Absolutely rare and a 100% lovely in person!
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
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This unusual shape is constructed from a 3.7 cm doubly terminated main tourmaline held up by a slightly thinner second crystal. The structure is accompanied by some white feldspar that is arranged around the touching point of the tourmalines. Most impressive about this fine specimen is the exceptionally high quality of the main tourmaline. It is gemmy, lustous and with very intensive raspberry red color! There is some contact present but all tourmalines are in best condition. An excellent miniature specimen from this legendary locale!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 11.9 x 10.7 x 8 cm
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WOW, what a beautiful specimen! Many fluorites of beautiful color are well situated on the quartz matrix of yellowish color! The crystals have a size up to 1.2 cm on edge, showing some great phantoms! The dramatic crack in the matrix makes a unique appearance to this specimen, and it is completely stable!
Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Size: 6 x 1.8 x 0.35 cm
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Absolutely amazing in size and quality, this extremely rare eudidymite is an important specimen for Zagi Mountains that is much better known for its bastnäsite. The tabular shape includes a orange-brown layer that adds a just lovely color to this otherwise fully transparent crystal. This is a spectacular single crystal for the species that shows beautiful complex modification, highest quality and and is free of any damage all around. Incredible!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 23 x 18 x 9 cm
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Not only is this a piece of exceptionally high quality but it is also HUGE! Over 5 kg of pure pyrite is dramatically crystallized as a large and most complex cluster! Basic crystal shape is simple cubical but there is a lot going on here when it comes to modifications, surface structrue and playfully intergrown crystals of different sizes. The whole frontside is absolutely perfect and amazingly beautiful! The backside has only small contacts but is to the largest part also crystallized and evenly lustrous and sparkling! A fantastic golden sculpture that really draws attention!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 3 x 1.9 cm
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Unusual, almost botryoidal growth makes this iron rose specimen unique. The several hematite rosettes perched on this adularia matrix are exceedingly thick, yet lovely composed of hundreds of tiny hematite plates. The surface is sparkling in manyfold tempering colors. Very compact, delicate and perfectly developed. An exceptional specimen from Mörchnerkar, home of Austrias best hematite specimens.
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 11.6 x 9.2 x 8.9 cm
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This massive pyrite complex is a formidable piece of unusually fine architecture! It is a complete floater, which is rare on pyrite, especially in such large and dominant size. The largest crystal is over 7 cm in diameter and very well developed with striations and bevells and just beautiful, golden surface structure! Several of such high quality pyrites are stacked together to form this fist-sized ball. Some white quartz is attached to the bottom, the rest is pure golden lustrous pyrite. And flawless! No damage or abrasions anywhere to find! Definitely an excellent specimen for the material!
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Size: 4.6 x 4.4 x 3 cm
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Its a very well defined specimen of wulfenite on matrix that features one single main crystal of striking quality! That crystal is 1.5 cm broad, sharp, gemmy and lustrous and shows the most intensive orange color! Set at the center of a brown piece of rock matrix it is very prominent and dashy. It has a microscopic abrasion at the edge but is otherwise perfect all around. The matrix has some small wulfenites distributed over its surface. Very attractive in person for its marvelous quality and composition!
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
Size: 21 x 17 x 12 cm
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This is a massive specimen that combines a brown rock matrix with white curls of aragonite. It is not a piece of distinctive individual crystals but rather a characteristic locality specimen with great showcase presence due to its dominant size and the well emphasized contrast. Naturaly there are many broken curls here which is unavoidable on a large specimen like this.