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Aesthetically stacked quartz crystals of glassy quality with a distinctive "Faden" that runs through the center. The crystals are all complete with only a re-crystallized contact at the bottom. Small chips at the terminations are present but hardly discernible. It's an overall brilliant and attractive specimen of finest quartz!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 19.8 x 11.3 x 7.5 cm
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A ridge of glassy and lustrous violet fluorite cubes is arranged like the gems on a crown over a sparkling white quartz matrix. This dramatic specimen has been found in the 90's by Alfred Kugler and has been in his collection ever since. The fluorites are in very best condition with lovely open violet color through and through!
Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
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Finding fragile sculptures like this in such exceptional condition and beautiful aesthetics is a small miracle indeed! A dainty shard of feldspar matrix is crystallized on all sides, sparkling with feldspar and chlorite. Along the ridge you see sharp mossy green titanites right up to the top where individual crystals reach 1.7 cm in length. A single 2.7 cm long free-standing schorl at the lower right side adds a further aspect that's rare for the locale.
This specimen is without doubt a remarkable one for a collector who can appreciate the delicate elegance of this Alpine treasure!
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.7 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm
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This amazing multi colored tourmaline crystal is grown right through a glassy shard of beautiful colorless quartz which makes for just beautiful aesthetics here! Especially as the tourmaline has such vivid colors that range from pink to green right up to the impressive golden yellow color at the sharp pointed termination! The crystal has some restorations but which is hardly visible. The overall aesthetics is really fantastic here and crystal quality is striking for sure!
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
Size: 4.2 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
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High quality blood red hessonite crystals with a silvery association of muscovite. The largest crystal has 0,7 cm in diameter and is over very best, sharp quality! I totally love the contrast of the gemmy, sparkling red crystals on the bed of muscovite. The whole piece is without damage and stunningly beautiful!
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 7.8 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm
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Main attraction on this lovely paragenesis is certainly the glassy fluorite cube that is attached directly to the heavy black ferberite. It is transparent, highly lustrous and sharp without any damage and it shows a nice light blue color. The ferberite is largely coated in silvery mica but which leaves open a window at the front so you can see ferberite, mica and fluorite all combined on this attractive specimen!
La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
Size: 9.1 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm
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Simply superb, this piece of azurite on matrix shows a terrific color combination of sparkling blue and velvet green. Marvellous composition, perfect quality and crystallization, as well as a striking contrast of colors are forming this splendid specimen. Very rarely do we find comparable pieces of such perfect aesthetics!
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
Size: 20 x 20 x 8.5 cm
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This classic paragenesis is a complete floater that is covered with a rich abundancy of different minerals! Most significant is the very rare gaudefroyite that comes as black and shiny hexagonal prisms many of which are over one centimeter long. Pieces with such a rich display of this rare material are exclusive for the Kalahari manganese fields and thus very much desired. Between black gaudefroyite there is contrasting red andradite, transparent calcite, white barite as well as some metallic black hausmannite at the edge. A classic and characteristic association for the region. Due to the sheer weight of piece some damage is unavoidable but the overall impression is very good and without any major issues.
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 7.2 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
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The beautiful white pericline matrix is scene for one metallic red rutile crystal that is rather exceptional for the locale that is well known for its Alpine type minerals. The opaque crystal is striated and lustrous and easily shows its red color even at normal room light. The pericline is also in best condition with only peripheras contacts. Very nice in aesthetics and a real rarity for this locale!
Ritterkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.6 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
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Quartz from this remote locale is rather rare so it is even more impressive to find this doubly terminated exemplar! The crystal is clear from bottom to top with only minimal clouds inside. The surface is all lustrous with very little iron oxide coating here and there that adds some nice golden color to the otherwise colorless crystal. A fine quartz in fantastic condition and of lovely quality!
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 11.6 x 9.3 x 4.6 cm
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Unlike most specimens of pure brucite this one has a massive rock matrix which very much emphasizes the individual isolated brucite crystals. The brucite comes as deeply yellow, translucent and shiny spheres which look amazing on matrix. The area where the brucites are grown is covered by a glistening carpet of microscopic crystals of hydromagnesite. It's an amazing specimen of strong color and striking contrast!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 8.7 x 4.8 x 6 cm
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This is a wild mix of green augelite and white quartz from the Mundo Nuevo Mine, famous for the worlds best augelites. Among the number of small scale specimens we have seen from the locale this one stands out with a size of 8.7 cm in total. The largest augelite is 2.2 cm long and part of a augelite aggreagate of intensive apple green color. The crystals are sharp and undamaged and with very nice luster. The quartz comes as white to transparent elongated crystals, some of which show japan-law twinning. The overall condition is very good, even the backside is crystallized with quartz micro-crystals.