Mixed Minerals
Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 6.5 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
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Color, luster and sharpness of this amethyst are downright marvelous!This is more then a single crystal and we have only rarely seen crystals of this visual impression. Especially the dark purple coloring of the scepter is amazing and very nicely visible due to its clarity and surface. The surface itself is smooth at the termination and striated at the body with very good luster. A wonderful detail of this specimen is the second crystal that pokes out at the bottom of the main crystal and adds much to the overall aesthetics of this specimen.
Lukmanierschlucht, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 6 x 3.3 cm
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The combination with siderite provides this quartz specimen with its very own special charm. The main crystal is like a carrier rocket and everything - the flawless side crystals, the iron oxide coating and the rust-brown siderite - thematically revolves around it. This whole piece is in a very good shape. The main crystal is contacted at the back (which you can very well see through the water-clear crystal body) and has a minor ding, a "Wilbur", at the termination. A great piece of excellent aesthetics and quality!
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The main titanite on this brilliant little piece is 1.7 cm long, glassy, lustrous and just perfect! It is associated with several smaller side-crystals, set on a nice piece of matrix that itself is covered in adularia microcrystals. Our video shows the attractive 3-dimensional architecture of this wonderful and beautiful miniature!
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 15.5 x 11.4 x 5 cm
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This locality piece from the wulfenite type locality consists of thin bladed wulfenite up to around 4 cm in diameter. Due to the thin crystals it's understandable that many of them are broken but the unusually large size and nice aesthetics make this piece still something very special if you look for a dominant wulfenite from this important locale!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 2.7 x 1.6 x 1 cm
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Sharp bi-pyramidal anatase and transparent quartz are wildly arranged on this thumbnail floater specimen. The larger main crystal has a visible length of 1.1 cm and is interlocked with a glassy quartz with some chlorite inclusions. All crystals on this specimen are sharp and pointy with nice luster and even some gemmy blue and green patches under dirct downlight. The condition is very good all around with just minor abrasions.
Riedingsee, Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 25 x 15 x 14 cm
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A centerpiece for any collection of Austrian minerals! This large rock is totally encrusted with water-green fluorite cubes of up to 3.4 cm on edge. The crstals are mostly limpid and allow a view right through to the rock and some red-brown iron oxide in between. Sure, a large and heavy piece like this is never free of abrasions or some peripheral damage, but especially the main view is in remarkably fine condition. This fluorite largely speaks for itself and impresses with size and quality alike!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 9.4 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
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A classic white and grey granite matrix holds superb pink fluorites of octahedral habit with modifications at the tips and edges. The largest one has 1.7 cm at the longest extension, is glassy and with a distinctive pink core. The surface is slightly frosted but not too much to obstruct the view to the interior. Several smaller crystals are distributed about the matrix and add up to a rich specimen from this important find. All crystals are in brilliant condition and of best quality! Very attractive and classic!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 16.5 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
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This epidote from the Alpine-type clefts of the Haramosh Mountains is an excellent floater of thick and massive crystals. It is totally gemmy with nice forest green and brown colors at direct backlight. Our pictures show the piece in several lighting variants.
The epidote shows distinctive crystallization, it is sharp all around and in very good condition altogether! Size and quality make this without doubt one of the best epidote specimens I have seen coming from Pakistan!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 11.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
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The Alpine type clefts of the Tormiq valley are well known for world class epidote but specimens of such staggering size are rare and exceedingly hard to come by. This epidote is a assembly of two crystal clusters, combined in a 10° angle which makes for dramatic and sweeping aesthetics! The crystals are translucent with green and brown colors and highly lustrous. Their stepped architecture is all complete and without damage.
A dominant specimen of distinctive shape!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 13.2 x 9.6 x 5 cm
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This is a rich arrangement of olive green titanites and white calcites on matrix. Titanite crystals are up to 1.8 cm long twins with very nice luster, color and transparency. The white calcite are translucent and offer a stark contrast for the green titanites. Overall condition is excellent with only some minor contact.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 13.4 x 9.3 x 8.5 cm
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White translucent calcite scalenohedra in association with some metallic silvery galena. The calcite is in very good condition, lustrous and with well developed phantoms inside. Galena is set at the very center but also around the periphery. A nice piece of distinctive composition!
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This rich cluster of high quality fluorite is absolutely gorgeous in person for its lovely colors, the clarity and the overall elegance! The rhombo-dodecahedral crystals are lustrous and clear and grant the look right through to the quartz covered matrix. Very beautiful is the color which is a nice ocean green with purple clouds at the crystals tips. All crystals are in perfect condition with only some peripheral contacts.