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Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.4 x 7.3 x 5.6 cm
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This is an absolutely brilliant smoky quartz specimen of highest quality! Especially the larger main crystals, brotherly leaned against each other, are free of any cracks or impurities, show exceptionally dark coloring and are virtually flawless. Side-crystals show some internal cracks but are otherwise of matching quality and free of damage. The crystals sit on a beautiful grey and white matrix with some accessory snow-white adularia. This excellent piece from a 2015 find is highly aesthetic and of magnificent quality!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 5.5 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
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Wow, this is perfect textbook aesthetics! One single tabular brookite crystal is prominently sitting on matrix, presenting its lustrous front face. The maply syrup colored crystal is gemmy with a hourglass-like interior zone. A flawless, striking specimen with a very straightforward composition and high crystal quality that doesn't need much explanation.
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 3.8 x 2 x 1.5 cm
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This distinct gold specimen is out of the famous 2015 find in Mato Grosso. Best color, filigree growth and a vibrant sheen are trademark for this locale and are main feature of this very specimen. As most of those specimen this piece is a floater and very much 3-dimensional in shape. Beautiful and elegant growth patterns are visible all over the gold and make for a absolutely staggering sculpture. Lovely and marvelous!
Piz Vatgira, Val Nalps, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 17.5 x 16.5 x 8.5 cm
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Great cabinet size and rich natural beauty make this a dominant, fascinating piece that is going to capture your showcase by storm! The large main crystal, prominently standing out from the piece, is a colorless prismatic quartz with intergrown dark-green chlorite that shows a vivid inner life, striking luster and a flawless termination. It is associated with a number of clustered side-crystals also in large parts covered in chlorite. The quartz is set on a piece of rock matrix which adds much to the natural feeling this specimen offers! The overall aesthetics is charming, placid yet full of details and hidden beauty. Absolutely stunning in person and a rarity for its exceptional design and high quality!
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 14.2 x 10.9 x 6.4 cm
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A world-class smithsonite specimen of sparkling blue-green crystals on matrix. The smithsonite has rare scalenohedral shape and completely covers the matrix. Gemmy clear, razor sharp and superbly lustrous. Of all the mines worldwide producing smithsonie specimen, Tsumeb Mine was without question the greatest and best, with smithsonite being in turn one of its most prestigious minerals. Crystal shape, color, quality and sheer size combine to this imposing, breathtaking specimen!
Furkapass, Kanton Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
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Closed gwindel of such fine quality and lovey aesthetics are absolutely marvelous and extremely rare. This one is flawless with a strong right hand twist and perfect crystal quality. No internal cracks, no inclusions, only pure quartz of intense smoky color. The surface is lustrous at the front faces and only slightly chloritized at the slanted faces. The bottom is largely crystallized as well with crystal imprints but no damage at all. A classy, rare and highly desirable specimen!
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 10.7 x 8.5 x 8.2 cm
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While most comparable topaz specimens come from Xanda Mine, this brilliant ice blue topaz is out of the Teixerinha Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. And it is absolutely stunning in person! The topaz is a massy crystal, sharp and glassy at some parts, nicely etched at others. The right side is a smooth, lustrous surface that provides a look deep into the gemmy crystal. The left side is much more etched and is partly covered in yellowish mica, adding some nice contrast. Our video shows a great 360° view on luster, gemminess and the highly attractive shape of this fabulous piece. A marvelous topaz specimen of great visual impact!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 7.6 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
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Quality and aesthetics of this rubellite are absolutely stunning! The crystal shows most vivid raspberry-red color which is especially intensive at the flat termination, where the crystal is gemmy. The body of this specimen is evenly studded with lavender lepidolite and white cleavelandite which is just beautiful on such a vibrant, lustrous and thick crystal. There is virtually no damage here, even the backside is complete and similarly impressive. Highly attracitve specimen of great hand-size and unusually fine developed aesthetics!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 11.4 x 6.4 x 5.3 cm
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If I had to create the perfect Alpine mineral specimen, that's probably exactly how I would do it! A group of doubly terminated, flawless smoky quartz crystals are combined to a perfect floater with great luster - at least at the frontside - and nice milky phantoms inside. Perfectly centered atop this group sits a skeletalized octahedral fluorite of great Zinggenstock quality. The fluorite has a pink body yet purple edges which is already rare, considering the overall composition this is a real masterpiece! Absolutely stunning in person and with no downsides at all!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.6 x 5.5 x 3 cm
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The unique aesthetics of this piece largely speaks for itself! A single high quality left-handed quartz crystal brotherly sits beside an equally glassy gwindel on a perfectly proportioned piece of rock matrix. The crystals show best luster and a lovely surface structure. Minimal edgewear is present but not eminent on this impressive piece. Unusually well composed and beautiful on 360° as you can easily see in our video!
Hoher Sonnblick, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 14.6 x 8.5 x 5 cm
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Natural yellow quartz is the shiny prince of the quartz family and extremely rare! This massy specimen from the Rauris Valley is an old classic that fortunately found its way to our stock to proceed to your collection. The whole crystal is in best condition with only microscopic edgewear at the tip. Where the lower parts are milky with impurities or internal cracks, the tip is completely glassy and with the subtle color of sweet lemon-cake. The luster is perfect at the termination and mediocre at the prism faces. The bottom is all healed, not freshly broken. A stunning piece for any collection of Alpine rarities!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 3.4 x 2 x 1.2 cm
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However you turn it, this piece shows just uttermost perfection! Very well structured hoppered growth from bottom to top defines the sweeping and charming shape that has absolutely no downsides! Bright golden color and a vivid sheen are attributes that characterize this whole one-time find of 2015.