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Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 3.4 x 2 cm
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This is something we have not seen before: A glassy adularia crystal with attached iron roses!
This piece was found at the Austrian Mörchnerkar, famous for its beautiful hematites. But even here this kind of combination is almost nonexistent!
The main hematite aggreagate is right atop the adularia, has a diameter of 1.8 cm and is in outstanding condition.
A second “rose” is attractively perched at the adular’s side which makes for stunning textbook aesthetics!
The backside is covered in a cluster of muscovite with some hematite and a layer of chlorite, all in best condition.
This is a fantastic specimen all around and 100% unique!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 6.9 x 4.5 x 4 cm
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This fantastic combination strikes with unusual yet highly attractive aesthetics! The rather large and sharp hematite aggreagates come as hexagonal plates with sharply cut edges and lovely sparkling rosettes at the faces. Associated with several of those interlocked hematite aggreagates there is white adularia and orange/brown siderite which both adds color and contrast. Much in favor of overall beauty! Ex. Hannes und Gerhard Hofer Collection!
Brand, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 15 x 6.5 x 6 cm
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The quality of this quartz is really like glass, highly lustrous and completely transparent. Looking inside through the large front face you look at beautiful inclusions of chlorite and rock but you can also see the backside where the quartz becomes more irregular. Turning the piece around you will find this irregular backside to be completely crystallized as well, resulting in this amazing landscape. This is a highly impressive quartz specimen in near flawless condition!
Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 2.9 x 2 x 1.8 cm
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This brilliant specimen features a single meaty titanite twin crystal that is up to 7 mm thick and sharply developed! Especially on the front it shows bright luster and it is completely flawless. Some additional adularia on the side perfects the wonderful aesthetics! It is a superb little jewel in best shape and condition!
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Beautiful sparkling white quartz arranged as a distinctively three-dimensional and highly appealing group! The quartz is all transparent and highly lustrous with sharp and complex architecture. The whole specimen is in fantastic condition and even the bottom is fully crystallized. Absolutely outstanding and incredibly beautiful!
Glacier du Trient, Mont Blanc Massif, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland
Size: 6.5 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm
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The single fluorite octahedron is all complete and undamaged. It is somewhat rounded through etchings and older contacts but it must otherwise have been completely preserved, perhas in the permanent ice of the glacier where it was found. The crystal has a nice pink color and great clarity. The surface has a frosted sheen and a fine structure. A fascinating crystal from the Mont Blanc Massif!
N`Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
Size: 4 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
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What a fine ettringite! This specimen has bright yellow color. The crystal is well-terminated and is pristine all around! It has great quality and shape! A perfect fit for every collector who is looking for African minerals.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 9.6 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
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What a striking combination of a smoky quartz with snow white adularia. The smoky quartz is a very short gwindel, while the side shown on the foto is the top side of the gwindel. The aesthetics and the color change of this specimen is beautiful. The smokey quartz is crystallized all around and free of any damage. The combination between quartz and adularia is very rare and hard to find. I have seen just a few specimens within many years and this is the best of it.
Kavalerovo Mining, Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 7.2 x 6.9 x 4.5 cm
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I have very rarely seen a good datolite on the market in the last years. This is an exceptional cluster of datolite with very sharp crystals, and a very nice pale, green color. On some faces the datolite is coverd by small, sparkling crystals of apophyllite. One small damge is present in the middle of the specimen on one of the smaller crystals, but this does not detract the beauty of this piece at all and is hard to see. It is very 3-dimensional in person!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 8.3 x 7.4 x 4 cm
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This fluorite is very typical for this locale and comes from the famous Ruffibach find, which was made many decades ago! Many crystals are coming out of the matrix, looking like a small christmas tree, what looks very lovely! The octahedral crystals are showing a stepped growing and have a very nice color. The piece is in a very good condition over all.
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 11.4 x 7 x 5.6 cm
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Deep purple fluorite cubes with sharp edges on a very nice and sparkling quartz matrix! Very 3-dimensional and better in person!
Göschener Alp, Göschenen, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 6.6 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
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This is a wonderful fluorite with many fine octahedrons of bright color. The crystals have a good clarity, luster and sharp edges. Many crystals are grown together, but also the matrix is very good visible, what makes a very good aesthetics over all. Some small chipping is present in the lower section, but this is just minor and the piece is in a very good condition over all. Much better in person!