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Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Size: 7.8 x 7.6 x 4.8 cm
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A single fluorite cube of excellent quality is set on an aesthetic and very much characteristic piece of sphalerite covered matrix. The fluorite is nicely translucent with a blueish purple color that is especially strong below the surface. And that surface is beautiful too, showing modifications aplenty and a lovely luster. Absolutely amazing! The crystal is in near-perfect condition, very much free all around and prominent!
Picture 1 was taken with artificial lighting, picture 2 in natural daylight.
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany
Size: 9.5 x 7.8 x 6.1 cm
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The list of manganite occurances worldwide is short and it is no secret that the best specimens still are from Germany.
This is a wonderful manganite from the type locality Ilfeld that features a rich number of black crystals on a contrasting piece of white calcite.
It’s this contast that makes the pice special and beautiful in person!
The manganite crystals are very well developed, sharp, metallic black and grow all over the piece.
The condition is overall very good, especially the main view looks really stunning!
It is extremely hard to come by such a high quality specimen. The bright luster of those crystals and the contrasting white calcite are a stunning combination indeed!
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A brilliant water clear Alpine quartz that strikes with absolutely impressive quality! The main crystal is sharp, limpid, highly lustrous and completely undamaged! It is set on (or better: grown through) a horizontal quartz of equally nice quality. The bottom is crystallized. Only one zone on the backside has some damage but that is not visible from the front. A pristine and amazingly beautiful specimen in person!
Furka pass area, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 3.6 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
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Superbly brilliant, beautifully defined, and almost completely perfect. Only with a magnifying glass can you see a 1 mm chip on the top right corner, that's all. A whitish spot on the right edge is unusual, but here, too, everything is perfect. It's an excellent singly crystal smoky quartz gwindel.
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!
Erongo Mts., Karibib Constituency, Namibia
Size: 6 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
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It's just the perfect composition you are looking for: A single fluorite cube, aesthetically perched on top of a microcline crystal.
The aesthetics is really impressive and the quality of the fluorite is top-notch as well.
If you shine into the crystal from the back, the colors virtually explode into your eye, just like in the picture!
The centre shows the intense green color that is characteristic for the region, while further out there is an intensive purple zone, which creates a beautiful play of colours!
The fluorite is completely undamaged!
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!