Treasure Trove

What a fantastic European classic piece! Rosia Montana (Hungarian Verespatak) has produced the finest gold specimens ever to come from any European source. Unfortunately, the modern gold mining process does not give miners a chance to collect crystal samples any longer, and consequently the mines have not been producing new collector grade specimens for many decades. Great samples can only be found in old collections and museums, but they hardly ever show up on the market. This piece is one of the very finest i have ever had the pleasure to handle. A piece of mother rock covered by sparkling little quartz crystals is host to bright and beautiful gold leaves, forming a wonderful combination of modern aesthetics and classic style. The entire piece is richly covered by gold and very well balanced. A gorgeous classic piece!

WOWWW! What a MONSTER morion crystal cluster!!! Two huge, super sharp and super glossy morion crystals are attached at their base to form a gorgeous V-shape composition. The edges are razor sharp and the faces are lustrous like mirrors. The Tiefenglacier region is famous for the biggest and best morion specimens ever found on earth, and many of them reside in natural history museums around the world. This particular piece is indeed one of the very finest and most aesthetic specimens from the pocket, and furthermore from the entire alps. Absolutely top museum level, a centerpiece for every advanced mineral collection. One lock-fit repair, no restoration. Please feel free to ask for the price.

WOW! What a gorgeous rhodochrosite miniature from the no.1 locality in the world! No other locality than N'Chwaning mine has ever produced this striking quality. The colour, luster and clarity are truly amazing and still set the standard for the species. This specimen has the typical and highly desired raspberry colour, a very vivid and bright red, which just glows in the sunlight! The crystals are perched on a manganese matrix, which is also very rare and gives a beautiful contrast. This miniature features all the top qualities of the mine, it is just eye-candy and surprisingly fine.

WOW! What a killer specimen of this rare silver-telluride! Sharp and well formed hessite crystals form a beautiful group right in the center of a nicely contrasting quartz matrix. Maximum crystal size is 6 mm across. No damage, no repair, the overall aestetics are amazing, given the rarity of the species!

WOW! Sharp rhodochrosite crystals on needle quartz matrix, flanked by fine tetraedrite and pyrite crystals! The two main rhodochrosites measure 3.1 and 3.0 cm across and show a brilliant luster and deep colour saturation. This can easily be a centerpiece for every small cabinet sized collection - it has truly great composition and visual impact! Price on request.

Fantastic clear fluorite cubes on contasting matrix! The edges are razor sharp, and the inside purple colour zones are very well visible from all sides. The arrangement is fantastic, and the quality is truly superb! One of the very best fluorites from this locality i have ever seen.

What a killer specimen from the Swiss Alps! Several pink fluorites in a cluster are perched atop a clear quartz crystal! The fluorites have a very pleasing and intense pink colour and very good transparency! The quartz crystal is fully crystallized at the bottom side, too. The piece is in fact a floater and totally pristine all around! No damage and no repair!

An ironrose cluster perched on smoky quartz and adularia matrix! The combination of these 3 species in great quality is very rare in alpine pockets, and only a very small number of specimens have been recovered in fine condition. In addition, the back side shows some small yellowish stilbite balls. the ironrose aggregate is very lustrous and 3-dimensional! Very well crystallized, also on the back side!

This fantastic crystal is notably the biggest single unrepaired crystal i have ever seen from the Knappenwand. It features some very fine side crystals in parallel growth, and all of these feature a sharp and pristine termination. The colour glows in a deep brownish red when backlight. No damage. Another alpine masterpiece for the connoisseur collector! Price on request.

Highly transparent crystal of vivianite perched on chalcopyrite and marcasite matrix. No damage.

This is a fantastic, 3-coloured etched tourmaline on matrix! The surface shows very fine etching patterns - triangles, that reveal the trigonal crystal structure of the species. Both terminations are well developed and undamaged. Great aesthetics and condition!

WOW! What a rich and well defined sample of classic German proustite. The mining district of Schlema, Saxony is well known in the mineral world for its sharp and fiercy red proustite crystals. This specimen is a complete solid mass of proustite crystals throughout, it certainly was collected in an exceptionally rich ore vein. Individual crystals reach a length up to 3.5 cm. The first picture shows the specimen glowing deeply red in backlight, but even the other pictures in regular led light show a significant red hue, which is even better in the hand. Ex H.-G. Penndorf collection, Dresden, coll.no.811. Two of his labels are still comimg with the piece, stating the piece was found in 1960 in Gang Brahma on 720 meters below sea level.