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Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 6.2 x 4 x 4 cm
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A single garnet of beautiful quality is set atop a crystallised matrix of white albite, partly covered in some thin grey coating. The crystal is exceptionally well developed, sharp, gemmy, red and undamaged. A splendid specimen without any downsides!
Hocharn, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 34.5 x 9.3 x 6.4 cm
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Enormous size, quality and also the almost flawless condition are unique on this dramatic crystal!
It is an alpine rock that you can hardly get enough of:
The crystal is clear and shiny from bottom to top.
While it is largely transparent at the bottom, increasingly vivid chlorite inclusions come into play further up, making the crystal extraordinarily beautiful and appealing.
In the upper quarter, the beautiful and multi-layered phantom is clearly visible, almost like in a polished gemstone.
You can see this in the pictures above, but the entire specimen is far more impressive in real life than pictures could ever convey.
We have made a hand-held video for this crystal, in which you can see the inner workings of the quartz very nicely.
The tip is a bit rough, but not damaged and finely crystallized.
Further down, there are occasional associations with smaller quartz or chlorite, but only very minimal damage, which is impressive and almost unbelievable for a piece of this dimension!
Even the underside is not broken but completely crystallized, as you can see in the third picture.
It's hard to imagine what it means to discover and recover such a specimen in a chasm!
The vivid and natural beauty of this crystal is absolutely impressive and is taken to a whole new level here by its monumental size.
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!
Feldschijen glacier, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 8.2 x 5.1 x 3 cm
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The quality of this smoky quartz specimen is nothing short of breathtaking!
Wonderful warm brown color. Great transparency. Absolutely best luster.
And it is in fabulous condition. There are some contacts and minor chips near the base but up from there it's pristine and flawless and that includes not only the main crystal but the side crystal at the left and smaller ones as well.
The backside, as you can see in the video, is somewhat rough, but lustrous and beautiful all the same.
It's a fantastic specimen of brilliant quality and lovely color!
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
Size: 7.5 x 6 x 6.4 cm
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This stunning arsenopyrite strikes with exceptionally fine crystals on a beautiful white muscovite matrix. The overall aesthetics is really lovely here and the whole specimen is in excellent condition! Sharp and silvery lustrous arsenopyrite in absolute best condition all around! This whole specimen is a floater with only a few abrasions at the bottom. The rest, and especially the arsenopyrite itself, is in fantastic condition! The Yaogangxian mine has produced some of the finest arsenopyrite crystals worldwide and this one is a marvelous example!
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!!!