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Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.8 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
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For understanding this quartz sculpture you definitely have to watch our video. It is a 360° perfect floater composed of countless little crystals clustered and stacked upon each other to shape this unusual piece. The quartz is water-clear though the many faces make this specimen obscure. Unusual and pretty, from the famous Cavradi gorge!
Frunthorn, Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 10.5 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm
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This is a smoky quartz of great aesthetics and fine quality. The main crystal is doubly terminated and virtually flawless. The brilliant luster and deep brown color in combination with the striking composition are absolutely impressive. A rare beauty that does not need much introduction.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm
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Cavradi is known to have yielded some very fine Alpine adularia. This is an excellent exemplar for the material with a main crystal that is around 4.5 cm across and of superb quality! The well defined adularia is gemmy and lustrous and in best condition. It is set on a rock matrix with sparkling microcrystals of adularia, quartz and hematite as well as a 2.5 cm adularia side-crystal.
Schwemmhäuslbruch, Koralpe, Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria
Size: 7.3 x 5.5 x 1.2 cm
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This dramatic titanite is out of a spectacular new find from this spring (2016). The sheer size of solid titanite is just mindblowing. The crystal has internal cracks and inclusions but is otherwise transparent and of dark mossy green color. The frontside is lustrous and completely free of chlorite which is unusual for pieces from this locale. The backside is covered in a mix of iron oxide, chlorite and albite. This specimen is a complete floater that is, with the exception of one single chip at the bottom, free of damage or even abrasions. An exceptional piece for this quarry and the Alps as a whole.
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10 x 9 x 5.5 cm
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With the shape of a mountain and the elegance of pure colorless ice this skeletal quartz is one of a kind of this rare material! The dissolving process on this specimen is very extensive and makes it next to impossible to guess the original crystals shape. Water-clear interior, covered by a breathtakingly rich and beautiful surface. With no noteworthy damage or abrasions this is a dramatic piece for any Alpine or quartz collection!
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This completely etched aquamarine strikes with sweeping shape and very nice quality! The crystal is gemmy and shows very nice blue color. It's distinct three-dimensional shape is that of a flaring fire with the color of blue ice. Very attractive in person and in great condition!
Pizzo Lucendro, St. Gotthard Massiv, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 5.3 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
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A charming adularia specimen all around with great Alpine character due to a fine layer of green chlorite. Between those green patches you find brightly white adularia of great luster und translucent crystal body. The piece is beautiful on all sides with no visible damage anywhere. The bottom shows some matrix that is also covered in chlorite and some tiny mica. A lovely piece of high quality and just the right amount of characteristic Alpine chlorite.
Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 8.1 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
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A fine specimen from Barra do Salinas, famous for its high class tourmaline. The composition of this one is quite spectacular. A main tourmaline crystal of gemmy green color dominates this vivid piece, visually supported by white feldspar and purple lepidolite. The arrangement is pure textbook, with a shiny, dramatic main crystal, well emphasized and balanced. There is no damage or noteworthy wear to be found, only some contacts at the lower backside. Great aesthetics and quality united on a highly appealing piece!
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Size: 6.2 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm
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The azurite sits like a flower on this one, supported by an almost black, elongated piece of matrix. Some tiny sprays of green malachite are present as is characteristic for azurite specimens in general. The azurite shows just spectacular "electric" blue color and is in brilliant condition all around. Milpillas Mine is famous for splendid quality and this very specimen shows us why. Jutting out, sharp crystals of fantastic gemmy quality are perfectly presented and beautifully arranged. An excellent sculpturesque Azurite without any downsides!
Rossruck, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 17.8 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
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This is an incredibly rich and exceedingly rare piece of Austrian garnet with crystals up to 1.5 cm in diameter. The rhombododecahedral garnet are blood-red in direct illumination and sit on a silvery mica matrix that very much emphasizes the single isolated crystals. The sheer size of this plate, decorated with so many rounded but flawless crystals is absolutely exciting. A dominant and very attractive specimen for any collection of rare Alpine minerals!
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This fine piece of rutile on matrix resembles the landscape it was found in. Graceful green and grey matrix with snow-white feldspar and conspicuous boulders of knee-twin rutile. The rutile shines nicely red when illuminated directly. While there are a number of rutile crystals on this specimen, the biggest and most impressive aggregation is prominently sitting at the very top and has a length of 1.1 cm. This is an exceptional rutile of uttermost perfection.
Finder: Ludwig Rasser.
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When I think of intensive pink color I have this very special specimen of rubellite in mind! The single crystal strikes with absolutely impressive pink color that is uniform throughout the whole crystal! And make no mistake, the color in the pictures is quite realistic! Have a look on our video for further assurance! This rather thick and solid rubellite is translucent to even transparent with great luster on all sides and a flat, frosted termination. The whole thing is flawless, even the bottom is not broken but contacted! It was found in Paprok, where rubellite is known but exceedingly rare when it comes to such color and perfection!