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Maschingraben, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 20 x 15 x 11.5 cm
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What makes the piece outstanding is certainly the massive size of 20 cm with individual crystals reaching incredible 6.6 cm long and 2.3 cm thick! A rich assembly of those large and impressive crystals dominates this specimen, accompanied only by some smaller quartz. The periclines are perfectly developed, lustrous and with an excellent porcelain-like quality. This is honestly an outstanding specimen as we have hardly seen before! Some of the crystals were broken during growth but are fully re-crystallized. Other than that this piece is all complete and undamaged, even on the underside. A marvelous specimen of dramatic size from a lesser known part of the Rauris valley, the Maschingraben.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.9 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
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It's a smoky quartz single crystal from the Cavradi gorge with a dominant size and exceptional quality! The crystal is transparent, sharp, highly lustrous and largely undamaged. Only on the bottom, which is in fact mostly terminated and intergrown with some residual matrix, you can see small damage. Further up it is all complete and flawless. There is a small side crystal protruding from the right, which also holds small adularia and some hematite microcrystals, adding much to the aesthetics and mineralogical importance. Highly appealing and with great showcase presence!
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.9 x 5 x 2.8 cm
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This gem crystal of brookite is very aesthetically situated on matrix.The quality of the crystal is very fine with red color. There are some small cracks at the base of the crystal, tough it is not repaired. Very nice and low priced for what it is.
Lukmanierschlucht, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.2 x 2.1 x 1 cm
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This titanite comes from an old find made in the Swiss Alps! Most of the titanites in the Alps comes from Austria and it is almost impossible to get a good "sphene" from other countries in the Alps! This is a very good sample and a good chance for every locality collector to get a sphene from Switzerland. It is very pristine except some extremely tiny edge wear that is just visible with a good loupe!
Bassin d`Argentiere, Mont-Blanc massif, Haute-Savoie, France
Size: 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
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That's a half-open and half-closed gwindel! It is extremely rare to find this combination at a gwindel. This is a very lovely specimen from a small lot of five gwindels that I have got at the mineral show in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines this year. Some very tiny edge wear is present but this is almost not visible from the front side and not important at all. The pictures show all what you need to know to see how nice this specimen is.
Val Strem, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
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A very clear and sharp crystal of quartz shooting out of a very nice matrix from Val Strem. The crystal is completely translucent without any cracks and is completely flawless all around. Better in person.
Konar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Size: 3.3 x 2.7 x 2 cm
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The composition of this specimen is exceptional. The crystals have a very nice purple color and it is very 3-dimensional in person.
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!