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Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 9.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
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This incredible piece shows the high tourmaline quality the Pederneira Mine is famous for. The two brilliant gemmy main crystals with flawless pointed terminations are of imposing size and just staggering color and luster. The color ranges from blue-green to a rich green at the top. The base reveals a pink core where the outer layer is broken away and rehealed. Smaller chips at one side crystal plus the backside of one main crystal are fully acceptable on a marvelous piece like this. The second side crystal is fully recrystallized, as you can see on the picture. This is a wonderful piece of pure gemminess and brilliance for any collection of high class tourmaline!
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size: 7.4 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
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One single translucent prehnite sphere of water green color is prominently perched on a beautiful white matrix to form a magnificently aesthetic specimen. The sphere has some kind of imprint at the back but is completely healed and flawless. Among the prehnite crystals we have seen so far, this is one of the most appealing and well composed ones. Amazing color and quality meets textbook aesthetics!
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 7.2 x 4.4 x 4 cm
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It's looking at me! Two virtually perfect spherical clusters of prismatic stibnite crystals are perched on a brown matrix like eyeballs. At direct illumination a mesmerizing blue shimmer is revealed. The shape of this specimen is absolutely unique and - if you ask me - outstandingly brilliant! Coming from a very old find there have only been few pieces of this exceptional spherical shape. All of those short prismatic crystals are in perfect shape, sharp and lustrous. A high-class piece and a real classic!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 15.2 x 9.6 x 5.2 cm
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This is a beautiful and impressive cluster of pyrite that shows absolutely amazing golden luster all over on all sides. A floater in a surprisingly good condition with only some contacts but no considerable damage. Seeing the piece there are so many lovely details that you are totally blinded and delighted. An interesting detail about this is the different crystallization on front and backside. While the backside shows more bulky cubical crystals the frontside is more delicate with a manifold of nice little crystals, beautifully striated and modified. A stunning piece of fabulous luster!
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 16.1 x 10.3 x 9.5 cm
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This exceptional smoky quartz has a dramatic impact not only for the sheer size and its massy 1.4 kg. Despite the size this specimen is teeming with wondrous details and surprising quality. The whole composition is an interplay of several crystals shaped as sceptres or attached doubly terminated side crystals. The quartz is mainly glassy with a fascinating inner life which's full extent, you will find, is much better in person. Many windows and etchings are perfecting this specimen that is in absolutely flawless condition - even the bottom is recrystallized. An imposing piece of mineralogical perfection!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 12.5 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm
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Quality and arrangement add up to this very special piece that is, in a way, consummate. Brilliant right-handed smoky quartz crystals of differing size are all well composed on a natural white matrix that provides the perfect contrast. The quartz is water-clear, flawless and rich in details you will absolutely love. At the sides there are some contacted zones but not the smallest chip found its way to this fabulous specimen. Pristine and of unique beauty!
Cavnic Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
Size: 12.3 x 9.4 x 6.6 cm
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A heavy matrix of pyrite and chalcopyrite carries a combination of rhodochrosite and calcite with some accessory quartz. The two carbonates form a nicely harmonious picture of pink and white, all woven over a 3-dimensional matrix. With no visible damage this is a charming piece all around.
Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
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Great luster all around, lovely color contrast and translucent crystals make this an utterly desirable specimen. The main apatite crystal is 1.4 cm on edge, has a rich purple color and fantastic luster. It is accompanied by smaller side-crystals on the one side and blue tourmaline at the other. All is perched on a contrasting white to ice-blue tabular albite matrix of great luster. This piece is actually a floater that is virtually perfect with no apparent damage. A real stunner in person, lovely, fragile and pristine!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 9.6 x 8 x 6 cm
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What a dramatic piece! Stacked octahedral scheelite crystals, covered in - or partly transformed to - signal yellow stolzite is prominently situated atop a fragile substructure of transparent quartz crystals and a massy pale green fluorite at the specimens side. At the lower back some hübnerite is apparent below stolzite and quartz incrustations. This piece is typical for the unique 2014 find of stolzite/scheelite combination pieces but is remarkably aesthetic and large, with scheelite crystals of up to 1.8 cm on edge. All main crystals are in perfect condition all around. This is a rare and truly fantastic piece of strong visual impact in person!
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru
Size: 6.8 x 5.4 x 6.3 cm
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A strinking combination of transparent long prismatic quartz supporting a cluster of grey-brown octahedral scheelite crystals, covered in signal yellow stolzite. While there are some abrasions visible, exposing the scheelite, there is no actual damage to be found here. This is a massy, 3-dimensional piece and a good example for the famous and utterly unique 2014 find at Mundo Nuevo Mine. At the bottom and the backside you see accessory hübnerite crystals, also typical for the locale. Highly attractive and rare, this is a unusual combination-piece of great importance.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 9.6 x 8.9 x 8.4 cm
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A heavy piece of lovely aesthetics, this massive, crystallized chalcopyrite matrix a quantity of metallic galena dodectahedrons and a single, pristinely white calcite rhombohedron. The calcite is translucent with a milky, opaque phantom around 3-4 mm below its scaly surface. A crust similarly white calcite covers parts of the galena like freshly fallen snow. This piece is out of a newer find that set a new standard for calcite from this locale, concerning quality and size alike. A superbly aesthetic piece with a flawless calcite on beautifully sparkling matrix.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
Size: 6.9 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
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A brilliant glassy tourmaline crystal of elegant blueish color with pink at the termination and the bottom. The multifaceted termination shows excellent luster. While the backside is contacted - which actually adds a very welcome structure - with some chips at the edges, the front is perfect, clear and nicely striated. A charming single crystal tourmaline of very good quality.