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Morganite on blueish Cleavelandite

Kanakana pegmatite field, Dara – e – Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan. This superb specimen is a glassy, gemmy, transparent, pink morganite crystal with great pink color, sitting between blueish Cleavelandite…

Size: About 11cm x about 9cm, Wideness of the morganite crystal about 5,5cm

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Category: Minerals, Asia

Smithsonite

 A really nice old specimen with great turquois color and good silky luster from the famous Kelly Mine. The overall effect of this curvy smithsonite, which is completely covering…

Locality: Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA

Size: ca. 13,0 cm x 7,5 cm

Price: $ 850.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, North America

Natrolite on Analcime

Excellent cabinet size specimen of lustrous Natrolite crystals on perfect white crystals of Analcime. The specimen was found at the Sund quarry, arund Stremoy, a village at the Faroe…

Locality: Steinbruch Sund, Stremoy, Faroe Islands

Size: ca. 9 x 8 cm, length of the Natrolite crystals is about 15mm.

Price: $ 350.00
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Category: Allgemein, Europe, Minerals

Sapphire

 That´s a fine old-time sapphire from Russia. The specimen shows a cornflower-blue tabular hexagonal sapphire crystal on a pegmatite matrix. It was aquired in the 1980´s of the last…

Locality: Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Size: ca. 8 x 6,5 cm, Size of the Crystal: ca. 5,5 x 6 x 2,5 cm

Price: $ 850.00
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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Franckeite

Group of intergrown tabular Franckeite crystal rosettes, associated with Zinkenite crystals. Recovered from the 220 Level of the San José Mine, in the 70’s of the last century.

Locality: San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia

Size: ca. 5 x 4 cm

Price: $ 260.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Fluorite

Cluster of several bicolored, cubic Fluorites, showing internal color zones. It displays very well and shows perfectly the many different Fluorite cubes, accented by small Calcite crystals. A really…

Locality: Denton Mine, Illinois, USA

Size: ca. 10 x 10 cm

Price: $ 650.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, North America

Amethyst

Perfekt Amethyst specimen from Ambilowe, Madagascar. This superb specimen is a perfect example of Amethyst from this locality. It is an eye-catching cabinet specimen, worth to be in a…

Locality: Ambilowe, Madagaskar

Size: Size of the specimen: ca. 14 x 12 cm. Size of the crystalgroup: ca. 8,5 x 5,5 cm

Price: $ 1,200.00
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Category: Minerals, Africa

Hiddenite

This is a gemmy, perfect, complete floater crystal of Hiddenite from Resplendor. One of the more rare Spodumene samples from this classic, old locality. The Gemminess of this crystal…

Locality: Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Size: ca. 11 x 5 cm

Price: $ 4,200.00
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Category: Minerals, South America

Smoky Quartz with multiple Phantoms inside

Very unusual single crystal with multiple phantoms from Polar Ural, Russia. The single crystal has a few tiny chips on the edges, but in my opinion, these do not…

Locality: Polarural Russia

Size: ca. 8 x 1,8 cm

Price: $ 220.00
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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Amethyst

Very aesthetic group of Amethyst crystals from Guerrero. The crystal spray shows a nice color saturation and the typica white to colorless tops. A really nice specimen from this…

Locality: Amatitlán, Eduardo Neri Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico

Size: ca. 12 x 10 cm

Price: $ 1,650.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals

Tourmaline

Excellent group of two multi-colored and gemmy Tourmaline crystals sitting in between a group of whiteish Albite crystals from Stak Nala, Baltistan, Pakistan. Most of the Tourmaline crystals from…

Locality: Stak Nala, Haramosh Montains, Pakistan

Size: ca. 4,5 x 5,5 cm

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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Tourmaline, var. Indicolite

Outstanding, gemmy and skyblue, double terminated Elbaite crystals, var. Indicolite, from Aracuai, Brazil. This is a really Indicolite. You do not need any backlight to see the perfect blue…

Locality: Aracuai, Brasil

Size: ca. 6,6 x 2,8 x 1,8 cm

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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Aquamarine with Schorl

Several skyblue, slender Aquamarine crystals perched on white Feldspar matrix. And a topping of jet black Schorl crystals makes this combo a very elegant specimen of competition quality.

Locality: Erongo, Namibia

Size: ca. 15 x 10 cm

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Category: Allgemein, Africa, Minerals

Haüyin

Excellent, sharp crystallized Haüyin crystal on white Calcite. The specimen comes with an Analysis.

Locality: Sar e Sang, Badagshan, Afghanistan

Size: ca. 4,5 cm x 5,0 cm. Size of the crystal: ca. 1,2 cm x 1,0 cm

Category: Minerals, Asia

Smoky Quartz with Rutilstar

Beautiful polished Quartz with a very showy Rutile star inside. The Rutilecrystals has grown epitaxial on a small, tabular Hematite crystal inside the Quartz.

Locality: Brasil

Size: ca. 4,0 cm x 4,2 cm x 1,8 cm

Price: $ 350.00
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Category: Minerals, South America

Dolomite

Excellent small cabinet specimen with some beautiful Dolomite twins from Brumado. The specimen comes from an older German collection.

Locality: Brumado, Bahia, Brasil

Size: ca. 5,5 cm x 4,0 cm

Price: $ 350.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Blue Quartz

This is a real blue Quartz crystal, sitting on a cream white Feldspar matrix. It is one of the best blue Quartz specimen, which I have seen so far…

Locality: Jenipapo Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Size: ca. 8,0 x 7,0 cm. Size of the Crystal: ca. 4,5 cm x 2,0 cm

Price: $ 1,700.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Fluorite

That´s a really nice Fluorite specimen from an not so common African locality.

Locality: Djebel el Kohol, Zaghouan, Tunisia

Size: ca. 7,5 cm x 6,0 cm

Price: $ 480.00
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Category: Minerals, Africa

Tourmaline

Perfect miniature with a group of 2 bicolored Tourmaline crystals, sitting on snowwhite Albite crystals.

Locality: Stak Nala, Baltistan, Pakistan

Size: ca. 3,0 cm x 3,0 cm

Price: $ 220.00
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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Tourmaline

Multicolored, gemmy group of Tourmaline crystals from Barra do Salinas district. No repair and no fills. This group comes out of an old collection.

Locality: Barra do Salinas District, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Size: ca. 7.0 x 5,5 cm. Size of the main crystal: ca. 7,0 cm x 1,5 cm

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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Tourmaline with Albite

That´s a really nice miniature specimen from the Pederneira Mine. On the side of the red Tourmaline are some snowwhite Albite crystals, making a really great contrast.

Locality: Pederneira Mine, Brasil

Size: Size of the Specimen: ca. 2,2 cm x 2,5 cm. Size of the Tourmaline: ca. 2,2 cm x 0,8 cm

Price: $ 450.00
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Category: Minerals, South America

Tourmaline with Lepidolite

Nice greenish Tourmaline crystals with small purple Lepidolite crystals. The Lepidolite makes a great contrast to the greenish Tourmaline crystal. The crystal has one repair, no fillings.

Locality: Pederneira Mine, Brasil

Size: ca. 15,2 cm x 1,8 cm

Price on request

Category: Allgemein, Minerals, South America

Tourmaline with Albite

Double terminated, perfect, cherry red Tourmaline, var. Elbaite wit a green cap. On the Tourmaline crystals are white Albite crystals. No repair, no fillings.

Locality: Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, Californien

Size: ca. 9,0 cm x 2,5 cm

Price on request

Category: Minerals, North America

Quartz

Nice Quartz crystal from Dalnegorsk, Russia

Locality: Dalnegorsk, Russia

Size: ca. 5,0 cm x 3,0 cm

Price: $ 120.00
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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Smoky Quartz

Miniature smoky quartz, from the Zinggenstock area, Switzerland

Locality: Zinggenstock, Switzerland

Size: ca. 5.0 cm x 2,0 cm, size of the crystal ca, 3,0 cm x 1,5 cm

Price: $ 35.00
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Category: Minerals, Europe

Volborthite

The small dark green and roseshaped crystals shows a super luster and sits perfectly on some white matrix. A really perfect micromount of this rare mineral.

Locality: Milpilas, Mexico

Size: ca. 0,6 cm x 0,8 cm

Price: $ 350.00
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Category: Allgemein, Micromount, Minerals, North America

Calcite with ironoxide

The Calcite spheres are partly coated with ironoxide.

Locality: Mina Roata, Cavnic, Romania

Size: ca. 9,0 cm x 9,0 cm

Price: $ 220.00
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Category: Minerals, Europe

Auricalcite plus Calcite

A really nice specimen of Auricalcite, coated totally by lustrous, transparent and glossy Calcite crystals, which protect the otherwise very sensitive Auricalcite crystals. It shows a phantastic and very…

Locality: Mina Ojuela, Durango, Mexico

Size: ca. 12,0 cm x 10,0 cm

Price: $ 350.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, North America

Quartzstalaktite coated by tiny beige-colored Stlbitecrystals on the underside

That´s an unusual formed Quartz stalaktite, which is built by tiny white Quartzcrystals. The Quartzstalaktite is coated on the underside by beige.colored Stilbite crystals. A very unique specimen.

Locality: Nasik, India

Size: ca. 11 cm x 2 cm

Price: $ 170.00
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Category: Minerals, Asia

Quartz with Hematite inclusions

This is a really pretty Quartz group from the El Potosi mine, St. Eulalia, Mexico. The clear quartz crystals shows a reddish top due to Hematite inclusions. It´s a…

Locality: El Potosi, St. Eulalia, Mexico

Size: ca. 12,0cm x 7,0cm

Price: $ 220.00
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Category: Allgemein, Minerals, North America

Rhodochrosite

Beautiful, tiny, pale pink Rhodochrosite crystals, together with small Quartz crystals and some Calcite groups on Chalcopyrite matrix.

Locality: Cavnic, Mina Boldut, Romania

Size: ca. 18 cm x 10 cm

Price: $ 750.00
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Category: Classic localities, Europe, Minerals

Quartz

Perfect clear Quartz crystal with nice Chlorite inclusions on the backside.

Locality: Vals valley, Surselva, Switzerland

Size: ca. 7 cm x 4 cm

Price: $ 65.00
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Category: Allgemein, Europe, Minerals

Silver

Nice tiny Silver crystals etched out of the surrounding Calcite. Around the silver you can see the gray matrix.

Locality: Municipality Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico

Size: ca. 6 cm x 5 cm

Price: $ 220.00
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Category: Minerals, Classic localities

Scheelite on Quartz

Its an old specimen from the famous Thaewha Mine, South Korea. The Scheelite sits on Quartz crystals and some remnants of Wolframite. Nice large miniature.

Locality: Taewha mine, South Korea

Size: Size of the specimen: about 6 cm x 4 cm, size of the Scheelite about 2cm on an edge

Price: $ 320.00
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Category: Allgemein, Asia, Minerals

Malachite

Nice sculptural group of intergrown velvet botryoids of Malachite from this famous Chinese Copper Mine. The botyoids has a shimmering chatoyance. Its a perfect small cabinet specimen.

Locality: Shilu Mine, Guangdong, China

Size: ca. 6 cm x 3 cm

Price: $ 240.00
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Category: Minerals, Allgemein, Asia

Prehnite

Perfect on both sides well developed perimorphosis prehnite to laumontite with apophyllite

Locality: Bombay, Indien

Size: ca. 11,5 cm x 9 cm

Price: $ 65.00
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Category: Asia, Minerals