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Val Nalps, Vorderrhein, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.3 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm
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If you are looking for natural aesthetics, combining great crystal quality with an unworked rock matrix, then you might want to have a closer look on this pretty piece. The smoky quartz crystals are highly transparent and lustrous. The terminal faces have some chlorite inclusions but I honestly find that really attractive. Especially those two main crystals, arranged as a prominent "V", are rather distinctive with their quality and those inclusions. But also the smaller side-crystals are all of impressive quality and in very best undamaged condition. The quartz is associated with smaller adularias which grew not just on the top surface but all around the rock matrix. Very attractive with no downsides and all natural!
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.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.6 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
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A wonderful smoky quarz crystal is coming out of a very nice matrix with some small adularias. It is in a very good condition with a very good luster and clarity! As a special extra the crystal is doubly terminated, what is uncommon on a crystal with such a good quality.
Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 7.5 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm
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This crystal has a very good size for such a good quality! It is bright green, gemmy and very clear! It has a very good termination, showing many well beveled faces!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.5 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
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This single dark smoky quartz crystal erupts from a purely white matrix of adularia like from a sparkling ice shelf. What a fabulous contrast! The whole piece is highly lustrous and in outstanding condition. The one single chip (less than one millimeter in diameter) at the termination of the quartz is negligible and not visible from the main view. Appealing aesthetics and high quality at a hand-sized specimen!