Sold Minerals
Kronprinz Mine, Kamsdorf, Saalfeld, Thüringen, Germany
Size: 6.1 x 5 x 3 cm
Watch Video
|
||
Strashimirite is a very uncommon copper mineral that does not come in larger crystals but only in fibrous variedies or, like in this case, botryoidal crusts. The piece at hand shows a broken open vug with an inner surface that is completely coated in mint-green strashimirite which again are encrusted in very thin sparkling colorless quartz. A nice locality piece with no damage.
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Watch Video
|
||
This rather small iron rose is an astonishingly beautiful marvel! The hematite is of mirroring luster and perfectly well developed all around. It is completely free of damage and in fact a floater. Mörchnerkar is famous for great hematite specimen but pieces of such exceptionally high quality are of course extremely rare. But words at are a loss to describe a piece like this so go on and enjoy picture and video!
Großer Hexenkopf, Venedigergruppe, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 8.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Watch Video
|
||
An elongated prismatic quartz crystal that is completely flawless and of good quality. The crystal is transparent with some internal clouds, it is lustrous on all sides and very sharp. The bottom is contacted yet not broken. A decent crystal from Hohe Tauern national park!
Wilden See, Wilden Kogel, Hohe Tauern, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 10.8 x 6 x 6.2 cm
Watch Video
|
|
|
A rather massive quartz specimen of light yet distinctive smoky color. It is a combination of classic prismatic quartz with a large gwindel in the center. The piece has no damage, only some very small chips. The overall quality is not great but well enough with a lustrous and very well developed surface and a mostly clear crystal. This is a extremely rare gwindel from the Hohe Tauern region and of stunning size as well!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 14.6 x 12.4 x 8.1 cm
Watch Video
|
||
A fantastic combination of a large, water clear skeletal quartz on a snow white adularia matrix. The whole thing is a floater and undamaged all around. I actually find both the front and the back absolutely beautiful, with a different character but matching quality. The frontside shows the skeletal quartz in all its beauty, the backside scores with large and sharp adularia. The quartz is all perfect, intensively skeletallized yet still showing the typical quartz-termination. The adularia is sharp, translucent white and associated with some, but very little chlorite. Best quality meets unbeatable, unique aesthetics!
|
||
This is quartz of absolutely top quality!
The piece shows best glassy crystal quality with brilliant luster and sharp tessin quartz habit. Some side-crystals at the main crystals base boost the aesthetics to stunning textbook level! The whole thing is flawless and crystallized right to the bottom. Perfect in any way!
Muttenhorn, Gletsch, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Watch Video
|
|
|
This is a spectacular Alpine quartz with a quality that is one or two levels above everything else you might have seen from Switzerland! A perfect, pointed and glassy main quartz crystal stands at the very center of this specimen and is surrounded by a row of sparkling side-crystals! The aesthetics is absolutely textbook and perfect all around with no downsides at all! All crystals are of incredibly high quality: Perfectly glassy bodies, sharply defined habit with all flawless pointed terminations and a striking wet-look luster on all sides! Have a look on our video for a better impression of this mindblowing quartz specimen! Its undoubtedly a quartz that satisfies even the highest quality standards!
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6 x 4.7 x 4 cm
Watch Video
|
||
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
Watch Video
|
|
|
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
Watch Video
|
|
|
|
|
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
Watch Video
|
||
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
Watch Video
|
||
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!