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Alta Floresta Gold Province, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 3.1 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
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This gold specimen is an older Brazilian one that was found long before the spectacular finds in the Serra do Caldeirão claims. We were fortunate to be able to trade it from a French collector. It has an arboreal shape with very well developed structures of gold crystals and hoppered growth. Strong golden color, nice luster and some intergrown colorless quartz makes this a stunning specimen as you can much better see in our video!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 2.6 x 2 x 1.8 cm
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A beautiful green fluorite from the Erongo Mountains that features two interlocked cubes of great transparency and luster and with striking emerald green color.
The fluorites are set on a small piece of feldspar matrix with little flowers of mica.
The condition is very good with only microscopic abrasions here and there.
A lovely and picturesque fluorite thumbnail!
Gastein valley, St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.5 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
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Fluorites from the Gastein valley aren't exactly common, especially in such lovely shape.
We got that piece only recently when we acquired a collection from an Austrian strahler.
This specimen features lovely greenish fluorites on a translucent white calcite matrix.
The individual fluorite octahedrons are up to 1.2 cm on edge, undamaged and with a nice chlorite-green color that contrasts with the white background.
As you can see in our video, the piece is complete and crystallized even at the backside.
Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Size: 6.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
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The clarity and open colors of this single crystal elbaite are really amazing in person! It is gemmy, in parts even transparent, and has a distinctive color zoning from pink to colorless at the middle section and pink again toward the complex pyramidal termination! Even normal room light illumination is enough to let this piece shine, as you can see on the second picture which was taken without direct backlight. The crystal is in superb condition with some kind of inter growth on the backside but no damage or repair. A striking tourmaline with beautiful open colors!
Goldzechkees, Rauris, Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
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A citrine from Goldzechkees at the rear end of the Rauris valley. We were lucky enough to be able to acquire a small lot of these pieces from a rare 2018 find. In terms of quality and color, this piece is really outstanding. It is a single high-gloss crystal with a clear zone at the top. While the lower area is milky white, the crystal shows a distinct yellowish color towards the tip. Admittedly, this color is not overly intense, but there is probably no such thing as a deep yellow quartz from the Alps. The bottom of the crystal is not freshly broken but completely re-healed and, just as well as the rest of of the specimen, undamaged.
Pyingyi Taung, Male, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 5.2 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
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We recently got a very nice lot of stunning rubellites from a new find in Pyingyi Taung. This lovely exemplar impresses above all with its sharp contrasts. Bright red tourmalines, white quartz and a dark matrix. The tourmalines are exceptionally brilliant, colorful and with beautiful, complex terminations! The entire piece is in excellent condition.
Val Lumnezia, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.9 x 7.6 x 8.2 cm
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This quartz is of great aesthetics showing very shap phantoms inside!I got this out of an old collection in europe. It is prestene all around except some edgewear at the back of the main crystal. Still, this is a very nice specimen and a perfect fit for every alpine or quartz collector!
Tatara Mine, Village Tatara, Khyber Agency, KPK Province, Pakistan
Size: 5.9 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
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The two different crystal habits make this specimen different and very special in comparison to all the others of this find. This is the only specimen which shows this in one piece! An albite of this shape, size and quality is extremely rare and I have never seen this before. The aesthetics is the best you can look for and also the outline is really great. The whole speicmen is in very good condition. Really fantastic!
De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Size: 7.9 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
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WOW! This is an exceptional group of fluorite and extremely nice situated on the white matrix of quartz. The crystals have a very nice purple color and very sharp edges. Well, it seems these are etched out of the matrix but this does not detract the beauty of this specimen at all and the price is much lower also therefore. It is free of any damage.
Val Bedretto, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 8.7 x 6.5 x 3.1 cm
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A very nice group of quartz from Val Bedretto. It consists of many small crystals of high quality and luster with up to 2 cm in length. This type is very typical for this locale.
Serifos Island, Greece
Size: 7.4 x 5.4 x 3 cm
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This group comes from a very small and unique find, which has yielded just a very few specimens of this type. While the lower third of the specimen has the color of a typical prasem quartz, the upper side is very nice purple. The specimen has a great aesthetic and it is very 3-dimensional in person.
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 6.9 x 4.1 x 6.6 cm
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Another beautiful mangano calicte. Very 3-dimensional in person.