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Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 18 x 13.5 x 15 cm
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Wow, what an explosion of pure aesthetics combined with highest quality and impressive size! This piece is a real eye-catcher in any possible showcase. Being from an older find from about 15 years ago, this was by far the best of its pocket. Sure, there have been other noteworthy pieces but no combination of this caliber. Exeptionally thick, lustrous hübnerite crystals are elegantly protruding from a spectacular pink fluorite matrix like lighthouses on a rock, surrounded by sparkling white quartz needles. The hübnerite is black with metallic luster, which makes a fantastic contrast to the pink and white matrix. This piece is a floater, a mesmerizing 3-dimensional landscape that is completely free of damage or any other imperfections. Price on request
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.1 x 9 x 6.5 cm
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This wild and chaotic beauty convinces with high quality quartz composed in a piece of striking outline and a lovely 3-dimensional character. Also the backside of this matrix-piece is covered in sparkling crystals with some additional bladed calcite. A brilliant piece with just minor chips but in generally very good condition. For a better view on all of its qualities, please watch the video!
Aletschgletscher, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 14.2 x 6.6 x 4.2 cm
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Very characteristic for Swiss Alps this piece shows smoky quartz in combination with white adularia on a rock-matrix. Except for some peripheral contacts there is no damage to report. The quartz is all clear and sharp, superbly lustrous and comes in both, the right-handed and the left-handed variant. Its color is a bit paler than on the picture, you might want to check the video for that aspect. This is a charming Alpine specimen from the not so common Aletsch Glacier!
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 3.2 x 3 x 2.5 cm
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A very distinctly defined specimen of hematite on adularia that comes as an all complete floater! The hematite is a complex iron rose that presents a well formed hexagon, composed of countless tabular hematite petals. The luster is good, not overwhelming. As a very much contrasting matrix the adularia is similarly well developed, snow white but with some hematite littered across its surface. A highly aesthetic specimen in thumbnail size.
Leckbachrinne, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 6.1 x 3.5 cm
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Who doesn't know the unique emerald from Habach Valley? This silvery piece of characteristic mica schist holds one 1 cm long and 0.5 cm thick translucent emerald crystal of saturated water green color. This might not be the most spectacular piece ever found but the 3-dimensional elegant matrix and the flawless, prominent crystal make a fine combination and a very typical collection piece for this famous Austrian locale!
Lukmanierschlucht, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.2 x 6 x 4.2 cm
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The shape of this quartz specimen reminds me of the Swiss Alps' rugged landscape. The combination of excellent quartz crystals on a characteristic matrix with accessory minerals and accentuating iron oxide provides a nice, favorably chaotic picture. Especially the main crystal is impressive: glassy, nicely structured, lustrous and flawless. An unusual and very much 3-dimensional piece.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.9 x 3 x 1.3 cm
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An especially lovely piece of epidote from the famous Knappenwand that is absolutely flawless despite its incredibly fragile structure of thin, glassy crystals. Direct illumination reveals the typical green and brown color. All crystals are of perfect quality: lustrous, gemmy and with sharp terminations. This piece is a floater and a really excellent one indeed! The video shows more of the brilliant quality and the almost magical composition.
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 7.6 x 5 x 4.2 cm
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Not only is the single schorl crystal perfect, lustrous and with a beautifully developed termination but the overall aesthetics is what really impresses here! The black crystal is set on a white cleavelandite and quartz matrix of lovely crystallization and perfection! Very often schorl comes a smaller side-crystals to other attractions, mostly in a rather unspectacular way. This specimen on the other hand shows in a most dramatic way how beautiful this mineral can be when developed to perfection and in such a highly aesthetic way!
Keilbachtal, Ahrntal, Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy
Size: 4.7 x 3.9 x 3 cm
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Almost like a mushroom head, the adularia is clustered atop a transparent, prismatic quartz crystal. The adularia is covered in a thick layer of green chlorite leaving only the shape to let us know what's underneath. Still, at some spots the white color of the adularia breaches the dark green crust. While the quartz is broken at the bottom and backside - which is not visible from the front - the adularia is almost perfect with only a couple of small spots of damage at the backside. A great and highly unusual specimen of outstanding aesthetics!
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
Size: 12.9 x 12 x 10 cm
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A classic piece from this old mineral deposit that strikes with a unusually rich paragenesis. The front view immediately focuses on a hexagonal shape of pyrite. In fact this obviously is a large pyrrhotite crystal that has been pseudomorph transformed to or maybe just overgrown by hundreds of golden pyrite crystals. Further to the back there is a crown-like formation of white calcite and pink rhodochrosite adding nice color and shape. The base of this impressive piece is of massive galena, partly overgrown with fine quartz needles and even, at closer inspection, some gypsum. Large and heavy yet vibrant and full of pretty details!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 5.9 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
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This is a cluster of interlocked sharp metallic tetrahedrite in association with pyrite. The largest tetrahedrite is 2.9 cm on edge. The cluster sits on some golden shining pyrite. The backside is largely broken but the main view is in excellent condition. A characteristic paragenesis from the Mundo Nuevo Mine with dominant tetrahedrite crystals of considerable size!
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 12.2 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm
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Very nice and well balanced association of white quartz and bright golden chalcopyrite. This whole sweeping landscape is in very best condition and utterly appealing all over!