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Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Size: 9.8 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm
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"WOW, this is highly sparkling", was my thought when I saw this specimen the first time. It is very special in person, consisting of big calcites, overgrown by a brownish layer of rock, which is coverd with two generations of very brilliant quartz. Way better in person!!!
Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 2.9 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
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This is a very nice fluorite with good color, high gemminess and the best luster you can look for.
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 8.7 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
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Samll, but very nice flurites are present on this cluster of beautiful barite!
Lukmanierpass, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 13.1 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
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Wow, what a nice siderite well situated on matrix!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.8 x 1.2 x 1 cm
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This is a very glassy rubellite from a find made in 2010 at the cruzeiro mine. While most of the specimens were heavily damaged and therefore just interesting for the gem market, this specimen is free of damage and well terminated. Much better in person!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 17.2 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
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It’s incredible, how much detail and beauty can lie in one single quartz specimen from the Austrian Alps. This elongated specimen is composed of one dagger-shaped quartz tile of fantastic luster and a second generation of small quartz crystals, sitting at the front face. The specimen is a perfect floater and in brilliant condition. If you like extraordinary shapes, you will love this quartz!
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.9 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
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Sparkling snow-white quartz on grey and white rock is forming the base of this brilliant piece. Atop of this beautiful matrix perfect brookite crystals are nested. The brookite is sparkingly lustrous, clear and of intense brown and red color. This piece is just marvelous in person. The bottom is cut, but this does not distract from its beauty. All main crystals are perfect without any flaws!
Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast, Polar Urals, Western-Sibirian Region, Russia
Size: 13.5 x 7.9 x 5.9 cm
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The "rabbit-ears-quartz", as we call it, is a piece of extraordinary aesthetics. Two equally beautiful crystals of great luster and clarity poke out of a perfectly sized piece of grey matrix. The bottom of the crystals show pyramidal faces and are partially covered in chlorite. At close sight you find very small wear at the tip, which is not apparent, when standing on the shelf. A remarkable piece of dominant size and character!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
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Another quite remarkable quartz from the cavradi gorge. While the high quality of the quartz, with superb luster and clarity is typical for the locale, this special combination with faden-quartz and quartz of unusual crystal habit has a unique look. The whole piece is in very good condition with an absolutely perfect, gemmy main crystal. A sublime piece for the collector of exceptional mineral specimens.
Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Size: 9.4 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
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One picture is not nearly enough to cover all the beautiful aspects of this remarkable specimen - grab the opportunity and watch the video! A fantastic tourmaline of brilliant luster and striking color brotherly leans on the shoulders of this massive smoky quartz. This piece is a floater whose bottom is covered in a white coating. The tourmaline is in finest condition. All aspects of the unusual shape are naturally grown and perfectly terminated. I thought this should be more than enough for a remarkable piece wroth of attention, but this piece has even more treasures to reveal inside the smoky quartz. The presence of acicular and golden colored crystals of the rare carbonate bismutite, and metallic crystals of the rare sulfide of bismutinite adds much to the beauty of this piece. A beautiful piece of unique character!
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan , Pakistan
Size: 10.1 x 7 x 5.2 cm
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Tourmaline from Stak Nala rank among world-wide mineral classics for their exceptionally good quality and aesthetical combinations with white albite and quartz. This stunning specimen strikes with a unusual composition. Like rockets on a launching platform the dark green tourmaline crystals slantingly lie on a base of large white albite crystals. The tourmaline is brilliantly lustrous on all sides with flawless flat pyramidal terminations. The color is mostly a very dark green with translucent fresh green zones at the terminations, and stands in stark contrast to the shiny white albite. A real stunner of exceptional aesthetics even for famous Stak Nala!
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size: 10.3 x 7.2 x 5.5 cm
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I love the dramatic contrast of white quartz matrix and firing purple fluorite! The fluorite itself is all etched and shines from the inside, which is a mixture of dark purple, bright pink and some colorless spots. This whole piece is in excellent condition, highly aesthetic and of great visual impact!