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Brixlegg, Kufstein district, Inn valley, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 8.1 x 7.4 x 2.7 cm
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Blue aragonite from the Austrian Alps is a highly desired variety and usually is found at the fabous Styrian Erzberg. Even rarer is this specimen form Brixlegg, famous for silver and copper minerals like azurite or malachite. It is a very showy piece with unusual structure and lovely baby-blue color. The aragonite is grown in the shape of a winding river, 3-dimensionally protruding from the dolomite matrix. Very attractive and rare from this locale!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 13.3 x 10.3 x 7 cm
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A group of glassy and lustrous quartz crystals is set on a compact schist matrix with calcite and limonite. All crystals but especially the dominant main crystal show attractive surface structure and are in very best undamaged condition. The overall picture is aesthetically composed with no downsides whatsoever!
Törlkopf, Seebachtal, Mallnitz, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 12.9 x 2 x 1.5 cm
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This quartz is from one of the most spectacular finds of the eastern Alps that yielded impressive crystals up to 1 meter long back in the 1980s!
This is an elongated, doubly terminated crystal of best glassy quality with nice green chlorite! It has a small chip at the termination but is otherwise in excellent condition. The surface is highly lustrous and lets you look right into the marvelous limpid crystal body! The bottom is completey crystallized as well with association of some albite and chlorite. Definitely a brilliant crystal that's much better in person!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.9 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
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This little quartz specimen is a real jewel! A floater of unusual shape that is accompanied by a small cluster of adularia. The quartz is completely limpid with a faint smoky color. Most unusual still is the shape, which reminds of a gwindel while lacking the characteristic twist. Anyway, this is a brilliant little specimen of best quality!
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What a unique curiosity! A plate of hematite is completetly intergrown inside this quartz. My first thought was, this must be from the Cavradi area, but it is coming from South Tyrol, what astounded me even more. The hematite is very good visible from the front side, as the quartz has a very good quality with almost no inclusions or cracks inside! Just have a look at the video, it speaks for itself!
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
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This crystal is intense red, translucent and highly lustrous! Some tiny edgewear is present at the termination, but over all the crystal is in a very good condition! Great quality and beautiful in person!
Hoher Weisszint, Zillertaler Alpen, Ahrntal, South Tyrol, Italy
Size: 9.1 x 9 x 6.2 cm
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This adularia twin stands out through its massive size. To get a better impression, please watch the video! The front face is lustrous and clear, while the sides and back are mostly covered in chlorite. The piece is a floater and crystallized all around. Truly impressive and in very good condition!
Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.4 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
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Two adularia crystals are grown together to a quite impressive floater-piece of good quality here. The crystals are glassy and show very nice luster. Most beautiful about this specimen is the surface of the polyhedral main crystal, which reflects the light in many ways and shows rainbow-colors at the core. A very nice effect on a virtually flawless piece!
Wurtenkees, Innerfragant, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
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This thumbnail shows utter brilliance, a doubly terminated amethyst crystal, water clear and on a nice quartz matrix. The amethyst is especially sharp and virtually free of any kind of imperfections, save for one incredibly small chip that is, if at all, visible only from the backside. The amethysts surface is highly lustrous on 360°. The supporting quartz matrix shows good luster and is covered in some iron-oxide to provide contrast. All in all this is a real marvel of highest quality!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 3.3 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
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Perfect textbook aesthetics combined with high quality crystals is like the holy grail for every mineral collector. This smaller specimen nicely offers these characteristics. Brilliantly lustrous tabular hematite with brightly red rutile, presented on a small matrix-piece that is covered with calcite on all sides. Still, there is one blemish to be mentioned: A small break at the very top, that loweres the price on this otherwise perfect specimen. A fantastic piece if you can live with a small imperfection!
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
Size: 10.1 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
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A octahedral pyrite crystal on a contrasting white quartz matrix, strikingly aesthetic and of impressive crystal size. The main pyrite is flawless and a staggering 5.3 cm in diameter (4.1 cm on edge). The surface is somewhat rough but not damaged. In combination with just the right amount of quartz this is a very attractive specimen from the famous pyrite deposite in Peru.
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.1 x 7.7 x 6.1 cm
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Impressive and fat! This quartz specimen is completely amazing! Perfect in every respect it offers brilliant crystallization all over - even the bottom is sparkling and complete - and a sharp and flawless termination. The surface is highly lustrous and just beautifully structured. Exceeding its status of a single crystal by far this mesmerizing quartz instantly draws attention. Have a look on our video, there are no further words necessary!