Mixed Minerals
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 6.6 x 6 x 5.1 cm
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Massive towering jet-black sphalerite, well developed as a complete floater with no damage at all. The backside and bottom are covered in lovely white calcite, the front is pure metallic black, a sculpture of intergrown tetrahedral sphalerite. A well aesthetic specimen that is very much appealing on 360°.
Tokambohitra, Sahatany Valley, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 7.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
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This highly aesthetic combination of Liddidoatite and Albite on smoky quartz has been just recently found together with just a hand full of other fine pieces. It is a floater of very high quality - lustous quartz, a mossy green tourmaline with a orange to pink termination and snow-white cleavelandite which adds a striking contrast. Cleavelandite by the way occurs only on this very specimen and clearly sets it aside from the rest of the pocket. Some rough edges on liddicoatite and quartz are probably contact induced rather than damage. A truly outstanding piece of fabulous and unusual aesthetics!
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
Size: 4.3 x 4.1 x 2 cm
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A remarkably aesthetic atacamite specimen with great luster and a distinct outline. All crystals are converging to a pointed tip with perfectly terminated crystals. The whole specimen has a mysterious green shimmer to it but in direct illumination it reveals perfectly gemmy green crystals. High mineral quality and catchy aesthetics combine to this excellent piece.
Elm, Sernf Valley, Glarus, Switzerland
Size: 4.2 x 2.9 x 2 cm
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Brookite is a super-rare Alpine classic that's hard to find on the market, especially when it comes to aesthetic specimens! This specimen features a 1.2 cm main crystal that is prominently set on a sparkling quartz matrix! It is brown with the characteristic hourglass painting in the center. This main crystal is all complete and undamaged, only a side crystal is broken but which is hard to avoid on such a thin tabular species. Definitely a lovely specimen with a single dominant and well presented main crystal!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 4.8 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
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This specimen has the best aesthetics you can look for. The crystal of this specimen has a remarkable size of 1.2 x 1.2cm and is 0.5cm thick.There is some very tiny edge wear on the back of the crystal, but this does not detract the specimen at all and is not visible from the front side.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.2 x 5.6 x 3 cm
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A gorgeous combination of a regular smoky quartz and a quite stunning gwindel. This specimen has excellent color, tranparency and luster and is in a very good condition all around. Even the bottom is nicely crystallized and undamaged.
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 8.6 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
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This is a very nice combination of sparkling calcite and Arsenopyrite! Also the bootom side of the matrix is well crystallized with small calcites. Perfect all around!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.6 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm
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What a great, shiny piece! Large plates of hematite up to 3 cm in diameter are stacked together, showing mirroring metallic luster on many facets. The narrow edges reflect the light in catchy tempering colors. Backside and the front are matchingly beautiful while at the back there is one single chipping worth mentioning. As is characteristic for Alpine hematite there are small fire-red rutile crystals on the hematete's surface the largest of which is 0.5 cm long. All in all this is a fantastic piece in great condition with only some peripheral damage at the bottom that do not compromise its overal visual splendor!
Greina pass area, Camadra Valley, Blenio Valley, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 15 x 12 x 8.6 cm
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The sweeping shape and the vivid sparkling quality make this an eye-catcher of very best and beautiful aesthetic! Glassy white quartz crystals of varying size are stacked upon each other, upright like an attacking cobra! Somewhere in betwee the quartz there are some yellowish calcite rhombohedrons adding some contrast. A spectacular specimen in very best condition!
Leckbachrinne, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 16.7 x 12.5 x 6.4 cm
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No, there is nothing wrong or exaggerated at the picture: this incredibly vibrant color is real! This large and impressive matrix of characteristic mica schist holds several brilliant emerald crystals that strongly contrast with the silvery background. The emerald is lustrous and gemmy but most outstanding is the intensive color that we have hardly ever seen on Habachtal emerald. Embedded in naturally broken matrix of just the right proportion, this is a fantastic piece of rarely seen quality!
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 10.4 x 9 x 5.9 cm
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Quality and aesthetics of this large cabinet size specimen are exceptional and outstanding for this material that commonly comes as brown to orange and very often dull crystals. What we see here are bright and gemmy cherry red cog wheels up to 1.5 cm in diameter that are three-dimensionally arranged on a beautiful manganese oxide-coated barite matrix. The individual vanadinites are absolutely spectacular with great luster and striking color that emanates from the gemmy crystals even at low illumination and virtually explodes at direct downlight. Shape, quality and condition are all top notch on this marvelous specimen!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.8 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
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A single anatase main crystal of stunning size and quality is attached to a highly attractive and beautifully aesthetic quartz group with characteristic chlorite inclusions. The anatase is a perfect bi-pyriamidal crystal and 1.8 cm long. It shows best luster, is sharp and flawless. The quartz is equally perfect, a floater in fact, and shows wonderful textbook arrangement. Absolutely marvelous in person and one of a kind in respect of aesthetics and perfection!