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Guerrero is famous for its highly appreciated amethysts of fine quality. I have seen a lot of clusters in the past, while really nice pieces are pretty rare though, especially when it comes to matrix specimens like this. The interaction of the purple amethyst and the beautiful yellow-brown matrix is unbelievable on this specimen. The amethyst is furiously shooting out in all directions, what makes the piece very 3-dimensional and showy also from the sides. The piece is in a very good condition, while one of the crystals has a damage worth to mention, but luckily pointed to the back and not visible from the front side therefore. As there are many main crystals on that piece, this is fully accaptable. It was in the collection of the University of Arizona in Tucson for many years! They have a very fine selection of amethysts, but this piece is the best specimen on matrix I have seen there. Really stunning and sweet! Ex-Hubert de Monmonier, University of Arizona, Reinhard Dallinger
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 4.6 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
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The Tsumeb Mine is famous for producing the best mimetite crystals worldwide. Highlight of the Tsumeb history is the legendary "gem pocket" from '71. Unprecedentedly sharp edged crystals of perfect transparency, attractive yellow color and a typical shape of elongated hexagonal prixms with basal pinacoid terminations have come from this small pocket that produced only around 30 specimens. This is one of those fantastic and highly coveted "gem pocket" mimetites. A considerable number of richly sparkling crystals are attractively arranged on matrix to form this wonderful and outstanding specimen. The whole piece is in remarkable condition with all main crystals flawless and only some minor peripheral issues. A real marvel and an incredibly rare chance!
Mogok Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 8.4 x 6.8 x 5.6 cm
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This is one of the very finest tourmaline we have ever seen coming from Burma! The color you see in the picture is real and stands in stark contrast to the white quartz-matrix. A pristine play of gemmy pink tourmaline and lustrous clear quartz that blooms like a flower, sweet as nectar and with a mysterious inner glow. Somewhere on this piece there are small gapfills but which are so small and insignificant that even I forgot where to search for them. A staggering piece of outstanding quality and beauty!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 5.9 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
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This fine gold specimen is out of a completely new find from 2015 that has rapidly made a name for itself as a source for world class gold specimens. Best color, filigree growth and a vibrant sheen are trademark for this locale and are main feature of this very specimen. With hoppered growh and an almost leafe-like, highly detailed structure this gold has the organic appearance of a young tree in the wind. It is completely flawless and shines with pure awesomeness!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 4.4 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
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A new gold rush has broken out in Brazil! A spectacular new find on a completely new location near Bolivias border has produced some of the finest Gold specimen I have ever seen coming from this country, well known for its fine world-class minerals. The quality we see here is just exceptional in person and outclasses almost everything we know even from Alta Floresta. Sharp crystals meet brigth golden color. Lovely filigree growth meets a vibrant sheen.This specimen, vaguely shaped like a flame or a wafting spirit, is especially 3-dimensional as you can very well see in our video. A sweeping sculpture of dramatic visual impact. Flawless and appealing all around this massy 70 gramm piece is a real stunner. As it is a floater, also the bottom shows not the slightest contact. Sensational quality as a trademark for this new find!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 5.6 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
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This fine gold specimen is out of a completely new find from 2015 that has rapidly made a name for itself as a source for world class gold specimens. Best color, filigree growth and a vibrant sheen are trademark for this locale and are main feature of this very specimen. The slender shape is like a pillar, overgrown with golden ivy, supporting a 3-dimensional coral-like structure of crystallized, hoppered gold. A very striking piece in shape and quality that is completely free of any imperfections. Follow the video-link to get a better impression of this unique and dramatic gold sculpture!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 4.8 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
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This fine gold specimen is out of a completely new find from 2015 that has rapidly made a name for itself as a source for world class gold specimens. Best color, filigree growth and a vibrant sheen are trademark for this locale and are main feature of this very specimen.The picutres already tell a good story about the fantastic structure of this piece shows but to see the real thing you have to watch the video! Its like a golden explosion that blasts right into your stunned eyes. Hoppered growth, organic branching and a very distinctive overall shape, all covered in vivid golden color and a warming luster. Absolutely breathtaiking in person!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 8 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
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In short, this is as good as it gets! The quality of this dramatic single isolated aquamarine on matrix is breathtaking. It is absolutely water-clear, has pristine luster and a unusually fine tapered, polyhedral termination. At the right angle you can see on vertical internal crack, reaching down only about half a centimeter from the top which is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. The crystal is perched on a vivid white feldspar matrix with black contrasting schorl. This is an older specimen, found in the 90s, that never lost anything of its matchless class. A real jewel!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 6.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
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This fine gold specimen is out of a completely new find from 2015 that has rapidly made a name for itself as a source for world class gold specimens. Best color, filigree growth and a vibrant sheen are trademark for this locale and are main feature of this very specimen. It is exceptionially large and lies heavily in hands. The shape is distinctly 3-dimensional, of finest crystallization and literally mesmerizing in its manifold detailed quality. The whole specimen is utterly flawless, exceptionally beautiful and a major example for the fantastic quality the site in Pontes e Lacerda produced, before it was shut down only several months after its discovery. Impressive and simply beautiful! Price on request
Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size: 7.1 x 2.4 x 2.9 cm
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A slender arborescent wire silver specimen of absolutely breathtaking aesthetics! The main "stem" is 0.7 cm thick and curls up to a several ramifications and a spatial tangle of fine silver wires at the top. This is a 360° beauty of pure excellence as I have hardly seen alike. While the major part is oxidised, as is usual on native silver, you can see some coppery sheen especially at the main wire. No damage or any kind of abrasions are visible on this fine specimen. A striking piece of unique elegance!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 5 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
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A new gold rush has broken out in Brazil! A spectacular new find on a completely new location near Bolivias border has produced some of the finest Gold specimen I have ever seen coming from this country, well known for its fine world-class minerals. The quality we see here is just exceptional in person and outclasses almost everything we know even from Alta Floresta. Sharp crystals meet brigth golden color. Lovely filigree growth meets a vibrant sheen. Like a weather vane this specimen seems to lightly float despite its physically heavy weight of 29.3 gramms. The structure is of hoppered gold crystals nicley arranged on this fragile looking specimen. A floater of exceptional quality and captivating aesthetics!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 4.5 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
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A new gold rush has broken out in Brazil! A spectacular new find on a completely new location near Bolivias border has produced some of the finest Gold specimen I have ever seen coming from this country, well known for its fine world-class minerals. The quality we see here is just exceptional in person and outclasses almost everything we know even from Alta Floresta. Sharp crystals meet brigth golden color. Lovely filigree growth meets a soothing sheen.This fantastic arborescent gold specimen is pure magic, 3-dimensional and of especially filigree growth. I could watch the video all day, seeing it mesmerizingly spin around before my eyes. A flawless floater-specimen of highest quality that will totally stun you!