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Wolfskofel, Schwarzenbachtal, Ahrntal, South Tyrol, Italy
Size: 17 x 14 x 5.5 cm
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A very impressive quartz of high quality is shooting out of a very nice schist matrix here! The crystal is highly lustrous, very glassy and shows stepped growing, what looks really gorgeous. It is pristine all around and in a great condition over all. On the back side some very nice pericline is attached, what is very good visible on the video.
Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 10.7 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
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This is a powerful and fat crystal in perfect condition! With a length of more then 10cm it is very impressive in person, and once backlighted it shows steel blue color with a touch of green. It has a very nice roof-shaped termination, which makes it very smart over all. On the back side some contact is present, but no damage!
Shullsburg, Upper Mississippi Vally District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
Size: 6.2 x 4.3 x 4 cm
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To some mineral specimens you have to grant a second look to believe its beautiful uniqueness. This highly lustrous and gemmy calcite crystal sits on the very tip of another crystal, covered in sparkling calcite and spots of pyrite, which add a distinct character to the whole view. Inside the gemmy main crystal you can even see the scalenohedral calcite. Its very nice to see these two generations of different crystal habits at one specimen. A very nice piece of highest quality, aesthetics and full of details!
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Size: 10.5 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
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This gwindel is truly pristine. Completely flawless, clear as a window, crazily lustrous and – now hold onto something – half closed! All of this on a lovely and detailed matrix, with equally perfect quartz crystals and a covering of chlorite that even improves the general beauty of this piece. This specimen is truly unbelievable and totally unique!
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 6.1 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
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Looking at this fabulous piece of fluorite is soothing and fascinating like watching cloud formations. Whatever you would like to see in this unique shape - a hunchbacked man, a fish or just the exact fluorite specimen you were searching for so long - this is one fantastic mineral at any rate!The color of this piece is not quite as grey as in the pictures but has a more greenish tinge. It is pale, yes, but gracefully appealing. The piece is a floater, etched all around and in absolutely perfect condition. An intriguing piece!
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
Size: 13.2 x 9.2 x 3.4 cm
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With the aesthetics of a mighty sculpture, this impressive specimen of vanadinite offers much for the viewer. A fireworks of sparkling brown and red crystals covers the whole rock and forms a beautiful silhouette. The backside is fully covered in crystals too, while those crystals show a brown coating. The crystals are brown at the narrow edges but hold a nice and deep red color at the center.
Soppat, Kohistan, NWFP, Pakistan
Size: 4.9 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
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The contrast of this bright green olivine crystal on massive black magnetite-matrix is simply dramatic. Very rarely do you find this combination so we were lucky to get this specimen from an old collection. The backside of the crystal is contacted but which is not visible from the main view and thus acceptable, considering the rareness of this piece. A bright and striking specimen in person!
Seebachtal, Ankogel, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 7 x 5.5 x 6 cm
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I love the textbook composition of this piece. One large doubly terminated quartz of extraordinary quality is embraced by charcoal grey clinochlore which gives a marvelous contrast. At the bottom you find a flawless white calcite crystal to round out the picture. This piece is in just marvelous condition and holds especially harmonic aesthetics as is rarely found in this extent!
Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 13 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
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The aesthetics of this tourmaline specimen is nothing less than breathtaking! A striking main crystal of brilliant colors is accompanied by some side-crystals and smaller purple crusts on the prism faces. The color of the main crystal is a deep cherry red with a termination that varies from apple-green to turquoise at the very tip. The termination itself is flat and perfectly flawless. The crystals is repaired with smaller gap fills, but fortunately that is not quite apparent at first sight due to so many beautiful aspects about this fantastic tourmaline. A true treasure of highest quality!
Sayan, Huaura province, Lima Department, Peru
Size: 2.9 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
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Another one of those tree-shaped epidote specimens with accompanying axinite crystals. Like a slightly smaller twin of the earlier specimen this epidote is in equally well condition and wonderfully aesthetic. A beautiful piece of charming character!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 15.2 x 8.3 x 3.4 cm
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Like green icing on white sugar cubes, the dioptase forms a coating of microcrystals over white calcite. The rhombohedral calcite up to 0.8 cm on edge are evenly distributed about a grey matrix, the green dioptase has settled on it like snow, covering only the left upper faces. An absolutely lovely piece of light green and white color that's sparkling with hundreds and thousands of tiny crystals!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 8.1 x 5.7 x 3 cm
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This geometrically stunning cerussite specimen with unusually thick and glassy crystals features a 3cm thick main trunk with branchings down to very thin crystals. It's kind of an asymmetrical snowflake-cerussite, very sharp, lustrous and heavy with the usual cyclic twinned crystals. Some smaller chips do not disturb at all on this excellent, classy piece from the world-famous Tsumeb Mine. The color is mostly translucent white with glassy transparent zones at the terminations but also smoky parts in some crystals. Very characteristic and remarkably elegant. For a better impression of its combined beauty, just watch our video!