Mixed Minerals
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.
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 8.5 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
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A rich composition of glassy aquamarine with a single pink apatite and some association of muscovite and feldspar on periphery and backside. The aquamarine is all transparent and highly lustrous with a light sky-blue color. At some parts there is orange-brown iron oxide shining through the aquamarine which adds a nice touch. Embedded in this assembly there is a strikingly pink apatite of very nice quality which totally makes this specimen special! The piece is not entirely perfect but among the large number of sparkling crystals these small issues are not visible at all.
1st Sovetskii Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 8.2 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm
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This marvelous crystal shows a beautiful termination, is grown into some matrix on the bottom, and looks very nice with the small "side car" crystal aside. A superb specimen of highest quality and with no significant damage. There are two very small cleavage faces on the bottom side but the termination and all main faces are just perfect. Wonderful elegance from this important locale!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 7.7 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm
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A group of very nice crystals on the top of this piece is making this fabulous aesthetics! The crystals have a lenght up to 1.2cm on edge. The piece is in a very good condition over all!
Berta quarry and mine, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Size: 9.5 x 7.2 x 2.5 cm
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This group of octahedral fluorite in combination with calcite is a piece of great color-contrast and aesthetics. The fluorite shows nice mint green coloring with modifications at the corners. A nice piece of pretty detail and attractive colors in person!
Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, D.R. Congo
Size: 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
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This single carrollite crystal sits atop a calcite-matrix that provides a wonderful contrast to the dark metallic luster of the main crystal. The carrolloite is exceptionally sharp, and a good 1 cm on edge. A nice piece in person with no obvious damage.