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Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Size: 9.2 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm
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A high quality topaz of 3.5 cm length, set on a matrix of grey rock with white feldspar that strongly emphasizes the orange crystal! The tozaz has amazing color and is totally gemmy! The surface is lustrous and the termination nicely developed and perfect! One edge at the backside is damaged and the crystal is repaired at the base but which is completely invisible. The rest is just amazing quality and stunning crystal architecture on a nice cabinet size specimen!
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 6.3 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
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I very much like the aesthetic of this specimen! The tourmaline has very clear and bright colors, from pink at the flat termination to satiated green further down. This gemmy crystal sits between a construct of shimmering cleavelandite and a blocky piece of feldspar which makes it very interesting and aesthetic alike! The backside is contacted but recrystallized. The front is all flawless with an all perfect tourmaline in the middle! Absolutely beautiful in person!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 4.8 x 2 x 1.2 cm
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Unusually bright golden color and a vivid sheen are most intriguing attributes of this remarkably well shaped gold specimen from Pontes e Lacerda. It shows an intertwined structure of skeletal growth with several nicely defined crystals on an overall organic, elegant shape. This fine gold specimen is out of the spectacular 2015 find that brought a number of outstanding specimens before it was shut down by governmental forces. This is a completely undamaged, very much attractive specimen all around that shows a dramatic quality and yellow color that is only characteristic for this fabulous find and superior to just about anything we have seen so far from Brazil!
Murursprung, Ankogelgruppe, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.8 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
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Definitely one of the finest single rutile crystal we have ever seen coming from Austria! It is exceptionally large, free of any damage and shows some nice red color, although - due to its thickness - only at the surface. Unlike most other known crystals this rutile is even doubly terminated with a very beautiful and well structured crystallization at the bottom! 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!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 12.9 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
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This epidote from the Alpine-type clefts of the Haramosh Mountains is an excellent floater of several interlocked crystals. It is gemmy with nice forest green and brown color at direct backlight. Both, the horizontal and the vertical crystals are doubly terminated, complete and in best condition. Some attached adularia even enhances the Alpine feel that comes with this fine specimen.
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.6 x 3.1 x 2 cm
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This is a perfect jewel of highest quality!
A floater of water-clear interlocked quartz crystals with wet look luster all over the countless crystal faces! The curved shape you see in the pictures is due to a complex architecture of many larger and smaller crystals, some of them with a lovely Herkimer diamond appearance. Absolutely brilliant, lovely and in flawless condition!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.5 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
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I totally love the aesthetics of this one! An elongated vertical quartz has attached wing-like crystals on both sides which makes this really an unusually attractive piece. If you take a closer view you will realize that the main crystal is not even a single quartz but a combination of several towering ones that lead right up to a dual-pointed termination. It is a brilliant and unique specimen in very best condition!
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 7.2 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
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Size and quality are really amazing on this stunning apatite specimen! The single crystal is a good 2 cm long and close to 2 cm in diameter. It has superb luster and clarity and the distinctive pink color you see in the pictures. The flawless and very well developed crystal is set at the center of a lovely matrix of silvery mica and white albite. Absolutely stunning aesthetics and excellent crystal quality!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 3.5 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
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This lovely fluorite from the Erongo Mountains has cubical fluorites up to 0.7 cm on edge that are are bright green and transparent and beautifully set on an off-white piece of feldspar matrix. Between the fluorites you can also see some sky-blue aquamarines. The whole specimen is in exceptionally well condition and highly attractive all around!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
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This nice thumbnail specimen features a 1.5 cm main anatase on a white matrix, accompanied by a protruding colorless quartz. The main crystal is a flawless doubly terminated crystal, interlocked with a second smaller crystal at the bottom. Very attractive composition with a distinctive main crystal at the center!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.3 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
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Epidote is still at its best when it comes in combination with fine hairy byssolite as it is unique for Knappenwand specimens! The tousled blueish byssolite stands in contrast with the sharp prismatic, lustrous and gemmy green epidote crystals on which it is grown. This is a complete floater of crystals only with no matrix. Some side-crystals show contacts or minimal dings but the main crystals are complete and undamaged.
Ritterkar, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
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A glassy quartz crystal with amazing rutile needles inside! The quartz shows striking luster and clarity which makes the rutile inside quite flashy. There are minimal abrasions and a contacted backside but the overall condition is good!