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Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6 x 4.7 x 4 cm
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A super aesthetic miniature specimen of high class aquamarine on a vivid matrix. The main crystal is 3.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm, glassy and lustrous on all sides. It is accompanied by a second crystal of equal quality and protrudes from a beatiful black and white schorl-adularia matrix! The piece is a complete floater and free of any kind of damage! Overall this piece is very 3-dimensional, well defined and simply beautiful!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.6 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way.
This specimen is a combination of two epidote "bow ties" that are attached to each other like in an acrobatic performance. Both clusters are in best condition! A lovely specimen of exceptional aesthetics!
Pyan Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 10.9 x 7.4 x 8.2 cm
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Large transparent brown phologopite crystals with contrasting white marble. The main crystal is stunning 5.5 cm broad which is really gigantic for the mineral! It is very easily lit, has a warm brown color and is complete all around. Some crystals on this specimen are in fact cleaved (not so the main crystal) but which is not so obvious and doesn't compromise the overall aesthetics. This is a remarkable specimen for this rare mica variety!
Ritterkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.6 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
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The quality of this single crystal quartz is absolutely amazing! Best wet-look luster and a completely limpid body! The shape is a flattened prism with pointed termination in overall very good condition but with some abrasions towards the tip. The bottom is completely crystallized and associated with some pericline. A very intriguing specimen from this remote locale!
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Size: 2.4 x 2 x 1.4 cm
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Tsavorite is an extremely rare, green variety of grossular that has been found only around the Tsavo Plain in southern Kenia, close to Tanzania. Rarest of all are euhedral crystals like this sharp and gemmy exemplar! The crystal shows superb open color, a rich mint to apple green that is bright and intensive yet not too dark. Inside the tsavorite you see some internal cracks but the surface is pristine and playfully developed! The backside is covered in black graphite matrix. Outstanding, attractive and extremely rare!
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 5.8 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
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Fibbia is by far Switzerlands most significant source of hematite in the iron rose aggregate habit! This is a superb example for the high quality and aesthetics this locale is capable of! The single isolated iron rose is exceptionally sharp and displays absolutely best metallic luster! It is completely flawless and set on a likewise undamaged piece of matrix. The rock-matrix is covered in sparkling adularia which is impressively beautifull all over! Aesthetics and crystal quality are pushed to the highest quality on this fabulous Alpine specimen!
Frunthorn, Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.6 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
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Frunthorn is well known for great fluorite specimens but this one has the very rare color that is not pink but actually RED! The octahedral crystals are flower-like attached atop a piece of matrix, associated with some smoky quartz. Miraculously this fluorite is all perfect and really gemmy at the inside. The surface is frosted in some parts but shows perfect wet-look luster in other parts! This wonderful specimen of exceptionally rare quality and color is for sure one of the finest from this famous locale!
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 5 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
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A brilliant jewel from the Haramosh Mountains! It is a rich paragenesis of titanite, ilmenite, adularia and quartz on matrix that displays just brilliant quality! At first glance you immediately see the striking green, doubly terminated titanite that horizontally lies across the beautiful white feldspar matrix. The crystal is doubly terminated, sharp, lustrous and of bright color! It has got a contact on the right termination but apart from that it is perfect! The titanite is held up by white rhombic adularia crystals. Right on its side stands a single water-clear quartz crystal of uttermost perfection. Inside this crystal you can see tabular black ilmenite which makes for a beautiful visual effect! Overall the aesthetics of this specimen is overwhelming and very much distinctive!
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
Size: 12.6 x 9.6 x 5.1 cm
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The reason for the low price here are some broken crystals which is undeniable. But if you can live with some imperfection this is a piece that offers fluorites of superb quality and beauty! The largest crystal has 2.3 cm on edge, is totally gemmy and in best condition. Absolutely amazing quality and color!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
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This is a fine doubly terminated glassy quartz with association of smaller quartz, calcite and feldspar on a rock matrix. The specimen is in very best condition all around with superb interlocked quartz on a matrix that is crystallized with feldspar micro-crystals on all sides.
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm
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This large 8 cm gwindel is from the one time historic find by Josef Kolb in july 1977 which yielded a small number of superb gwindel specimens. While quartz from the Rauris valley is well known and relatively common, the gwindel habit is extremely rare and almost impossible to come by!
As is characteristic for the find this specimen has chloritized tips but a lustrous and clear front and backside through which you can look right through the glassy crystal body. With great condition, dramatic elongated habit and a distinct twist this gwindel specimen is a stunning specimen from a very well known and documented historic find!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.6 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
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Very nice sceptre from the Mörchnerkar that shows the characteristic surface structure at the prism faces and very good quality overall! The oversized head is set on a small colorless stem with some mica at the touching point. The purpe color is especially strong at the termination but extends down around half the crystal length. Condition is flawless altogether!