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Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, South Aegean, Greece
Size: 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
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It's an exceptionally fine exemplar of Prase from the unique finds at Serifos Island. The quartz shows the characteristic waxy luster, surface structure and green color, caused by actinolite inclusions. Several crystals of different sizes are aesthetically arranged and in very best condition. A small broken crystal in the middle is nicely re-healed and hardly visible.
Very attractive and increasingly hard to come by due to the collecting prohibition on the island!
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 4 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
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Blue tourmalines are extremely rare and coveted, especially when it comes to high quality and aesthetics. This crystal is 3.3 cm long with a pyramidal termination at the top and a flat termination at the bottom. The color is very intensive and expecially good towards the termination where the crystal is gemmy. The bottom has a 3 mm black zone, finished by a beautiful purple layer that is thin but remarkably intensive! The crystal is set on a sharp and glassy quartz crystal that is equally good in quality and condition.
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This old rutile specimen has a remarkable history. It comes with an old label from the University Erlangen (Germany) and a newer one from the private collection of Dr. Reinhard Dallinger (Innsbruck, Austria).
The 2 cm main rutile is set on a matrix of rust-red limonite and beige pericline with some rutile side-crystals here and there. The rutile is free of damage, the pericline is in fine condition as well.
Zard Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 4.2 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
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This anatase specimen shows just fabulous quality! It is a rich combination of countless high quality anatase crystals on a sparkling white albite matrix. This feldspar matrix is nicely crystallized and a perfectly contrasting matrix for the metallic black crystals. The anatase comes a strikingly lustrous and sharp crystals, all in flawless condition. At the top there is a single main anatase which is 1.3 cm long, flawless and with some gemmy blue patches, visible at strong and direct backlight.
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru
Size: 8.6 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
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The first thing that stands out when you look at this fine huebnerite is the spectacular luster! Both, the huebnerite and the quartz are sparkling and of amazing quality! The single huebnerite aggreagate is set amidst white quartz which makes for a staggering contrast and highly emphasizes the main crystal. Some direct backlight (as seen in the first picture) brings out a strong and warm maroon color. Very beautiful and in remarkable condition!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 20.3 x 12 x 5.5 cm
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Pink fluorite is certainly among the most attractive minerals from the whole Alpine region. This large matrix specimen from the renowned Zinggenstock group holds a rich landscape of octahedral crystals in good quality and distinctive pink color. The largest crystals reach up to 2.5 cm, they are translucent and with a nice waxy luster. The condition is quite exceptional for a large and heavy piece like this. One crystal at the right side has a repair but apart from that this whole specimen is undamaged. Definitely an impressive Alpine fluorite of large size and with very attractive crystals all over!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 11.8 x 6.6 x 5 cm
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With a size of 11.8 cm and really just outstanding quality and crystal architecture this is an important specimen from the Mörchnerkar! Best luster, razor sharp edges and nice transparency, especially towards the intensively purple terminations!
The color play of those purple zones with the white reflecting quartz is beautiful in person.
The overall condition is excellent with only minor abrasions. A broken side-crystal is re-healed, not freshly broken.
This specimen was found by Reinhard Heim and has been in the collections of Robert Patzak as well as Ingeborg and Anton Watzl senior.
Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
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Rarely do the apatites from Pakistan reach this kind of quality! The single crystal that is nested in silvery muscovite on this fine specimen shows spectacular luster and clarity and has the most intensive reddish-pink color you could wish for! The crystal itself is 3.5 cm broad and 1.5 cm thick and is very well visible, protruding from its muscovite bed.
Mogok Township, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Size: 3.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
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What a beautiful crystal of ruby! Color, size, sharpness, this crystal has it all. It is the very best crystal of ruby I have ever personally got.
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 10 x 10 x 7.8 cm
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This beautiful smoky quartz on matrix comes from the famous find made by the Ruffibachs many decades ago. While most of the specimens from this pocket are sawn at the base, this is also completely natural on the lower side. Color, luster, clarity and aesthetics are outstanding on this piece. It is one of the finest smoky quartz specimens on matrix I have got in many years. Very hard to get and perfect for the advanced collector.
Egremont, Cumberland, England
Size: 2.9 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
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This is an outstanding twin from the classic locale Egremont in England. The surface shows a very nice striation, what looks gorgeous in person. The luster is really good, and so is the clarity. Except a contact at the bottom side, where the specimen is mounted on the base, it is free of any damage.
Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.2 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
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The combination of the snow white adularia with the smoky quartz is very lovely here. No damage is present!