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Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 11.1 x 1 x 0.8 cm
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Pristine wet-look luster covers this completely gemmy single elbaite crystal! The color ranges from a lovely turquoise to an increasingly dark emerald green and ends in an almost opaque termination. The termination is pointed and sharp yet has some damage along the edge. Still the fantastic quality of this crystal more than makes up for this minor flaw and makes this an impressive single crystal specimen!
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St. Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
Size: 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
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It's almost impossible to decide for a frontside at this fabulous hematite, as both sides are so very much attractive, flawless and 3-dimensionally developed. This specimen really deserves the description as iron rose for its delicate, lovely structure.The region around Fibbia is for sure the most fertile ground for great hematite of the "iron rose" habit but this very specimen is still far from ordinary. To get a better picture of this marvellous specimen I recommend our video, where thickness, luster and staggering elegance of this iron rose are much more vivid!This historic piece comes with several labels including one of the famous English geologist Nevil Story-Maskelyne from 1951.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.8 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
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Sparkling and contrasting, mirroring and sharp, classy and dashy! This combination of jet-black hematite, glassy quartz and some fire-red rutile is just fantastic in person! Like a nest the brilliant, clear quartz crystals are arranged around the mirroring hematite plates. The hematite is up to 2.7 cm in diameter and completely flawless. Tiny red rutile, a little over 2 mm in length, are typical for the locale. A highly attractive piece of best quality that is simply timeless!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 12.5 x 8.7 x 5 cm
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Typical for Zinggenstock, this smoky quartz specimen shows absolutely best quality. Superb crystals of intensive brown color are grown on a starkly contrasting white matrix, studded with some lovely adularia. The largest quartz is 3.7 cm long, limpid and perfectly lustrous on all sides, as are all other crystals on this wonderful specimen. The matrix is cut at the bottom but all naturally broken at the sides with no damage and hardly any contacts. One tiny little issue: The larger crystal has a wilbur at the tip. All the rest is in absolutely perfect condition which I consider a miracle when thinking of the rather harsh conditions on the mountain. In short: fantastic!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
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What keeps the price on this super titanite piece down is the heavily chloritized - though virtually flawless - backside. A cluster of adularia is attached to the titanite and completely encrusted in chlorite.
Once that is said, this is a brilliant piece, a doubly terminated, fully developed twin crystal that is translucent through and through and has a beautiful patchy green and brown color combination! The piece is a floater without any damage, only some chlorite at the terminations and - as mentioned - the backside.
If you can live with that this sure is a very rewarding piece!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 12.3 x 8.7 x 4.4 cm
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This iron rose is a real colossus! Thick, large, mirror-like plates of hematite are stacked together to form this heavy yet nicely developed specimen. The faces show lovely rosettes as is characteristic for Alpine hematite. The backside is smothered with silvery muscovite. The whole thing is in best condition with only very minor issues that are natural on a heavy and exceptional piece like this.
Mörchnerkar is known for yielding some of the best Alpine hematite where this specimen is just outstanding for the sheer size and the overwhelming beauty!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 11.8 x 9.1 x 4.5 cm
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This is a piece of pure natural aesthetics that can only develop its full beauty in person! Lovely sceptre amethysts along other quartz crystals are grown on a bed of cream-colored albite, dark green chlorite and gneis matrix. The longest, most distinct sceptre amethyst is 2.5 cm long, the most voluminous crystal is around 1.5 cm thick, all without damage!
While this piece is not for the collector of textbook composed specimens or crystal fetishists, it sure is a rewarding and exceptional specimen for the collector of Alpine beauties!
PC Mine, Cataract District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Size: 4.9 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
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A hear-shaped japan law twin dominates this picture that, in nature, is much more 3-dimensional than you would think. The quartz is all limpid and well defined. Tiny tourmaline inclusions - one speaks of "tourmalinated quartz" - are characteristic for the locale though overall exceedingly rare. Some iron oxide at the hearts center adds some color to make this piece even more attractive! A piece of great design, especially for the US!
Serra do Caldeirão, Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Size: 3.2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
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An attractive specimen from the rich gold deposits at Serra do Caldeirão. The piece shows distictive hoppered growth, very nice and bright golden color and is all perfect! A great example for these spectacular finds from a couple of years ago!
Fazenda do Centro, Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Size: 16.1 x 13.9 x 8 cm
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This intriguing specimen from the unique find in Fazenda do Centro is a pure and glassy topaz weighing 1,2 kg. The shape is a combination of a sail-like, blueish structure at the front and a blocky, champagne colored part at the back. Admittedly the colors are not too strong but present nevertheless. Between those two parts there is a cleft which is fascinating for its structured, jagged surface. The backside is damaged but which are hardly visible from the front. If you can live with some imperfections, this is definitely an impressive specimen for a reasonable price.
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A lovely twin tourmaline specimen of brilliant quality and nice open colors! The two crystals are not quite parallel - they show a slight yet aesthetically important v-shape that leads to two sharp cut pyramidal terminations. The gemmy crystal displays distinct color zoning, from pink to green, white and pink again at the termination. Very lovely and in flawless condition!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.9 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm
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Color and shape of this large apatite crystal are absolutely mesmerizing and outstanding in any way! The single crystal is free of any damage and incredibly well developed! The backside has some contacts but is fully re-crystallized. The crystal is gemmy at the inside and shows great surface luster, especially at the main face. The color is intensive and simply beautiful! This is clearly one of the very best apatite crystals from the Mörchnerkar and the Alps as a whole!