Recently Handled Minerals

A large cabinet sized plate of needle quartz is host to more than a dozen sharp and brilliant pyrite cubes. They are scattered around the entire piece and make up for a wonderful display. All crystals in the center are free of damage and in perfect condition! The crystals feature super-glossy luster and the distinct striations on all sides. Bevels on edges and corners add even more impact. This is a wonderful display specimen for every advanced collection!

This is a colorful cabinet piece from the first spring-2013 find showing 3 intense purple curving fluorite crystals up to 4cm across perched on a natural pedestal of pastel green fluorite. This is a rich, robust color! A great example of the curved octahedron shape. Contrast, aesthetics and balance are excellent! No damage.

Two rose-coloured amethyst crystals on quartz and calcite matrix! Great aesthetics, perfect all around! No chipping on the terminations.

Two magnetite crystals, measuring (together) 16 mm tip to tip, in perfect position on a miniature sized mother rock. Olive green epidotes set a beautiful contrast. Wonderful triangular striations are present on multiple faces.

Clear and highly lustrous fluorite cubes on white calcite matrix! All of the crystals are twinned, smal galena crystals set a nice contrast. The specimen is in great condition, just the lower crystal has a slight and insignificant cleave on one corner. A superb specimen featuring isolated fluorite crystals on white calcite matrix!

Well visible native gold set on matrix represents an exceptional rarity for Austrian Alps - here is one! Good contrast of intense colored gold on the schist and quartz matrix. Ex Heinrich Prager collection.

Well developed calcite scalenohedrons set on roses of baryte and galena matrix. A beautiful sample from this old classic locality. Ex Heinrich Prager and k.k.montanistisches Museum collections.

A highly lustrous, water-clear and free-standing light smoky gwindel set on matrix and framed with ragular rock crystals. A few faces are just powdered with chlorite, which gives more contrast and color to this spectacular piece.

This is one of the very best olmiite miniatures we have ever seen! Two richly coloured olmiite spheres up to 2.7 cm in diameter are associated with two individual crystal aggregates. The whole cluster is on matrix and undamaged all around! Ex Charlie Key collection.

This is indeed a large and well formed crystal, considering the rarity of the species. The colour is more yellow in person, and the clarity is much better than shown on my picture.

A free-standing, sharp terminated, lustrous and partly gemmy aquamarine crystal set on glossy smoky quartz crystals with a diagonal schorl crystal behind the Aquamarine. This is really a very aesthetic combination in fine quality. No significant damages to report. BITTE NACHMESSEN: habe 2 Angaben: 2.6 od 2.2???

A large octahedral fluorite crystal, which is 51 mm across, perched on a lovely matrix covered with tiny, milky Quartz crystals. The faces of the fluorite look frosted and the intense green color shows a wonderful contrast to the matrix. No significant damages to report.