Alpine Treasures
Kleinelend valley, Ankogelgruppe, Malta, Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 6.5 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
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A lovely group of green titanite on a natural piece of rock matrix. The larger main crystal has a size of 1.7 cm and is, like the other crystals too, undamaged. All crystals are transparent, with a frosted surface and nice apple green color.
Bleidächer, Obersulzbachtal, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.2 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
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What's lovely about this piece is the curved surface of the adularia covered rock matrix. At the center of that curve stands a single 1.6 cm long titanite of excellent quality and nice greenish honey-yellow color. There are a couple of side-crystals as well, all of which makes for a highly natural landscape-like look. A lovely specimen with no downsides!
Rauriser Schwarzkopf, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.2 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
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This rather small quartz specimen is particularly nice and impressive due to the distinctive rutile needles it carries. The water clear and highly lustrous quartz is interspersed with remarkably thick rutile needles, which are easy to see through the broad front face. The piece is in very good condition, although not quite perfect. A small abrasion can be seen on the upper edge. The back is covered with fine albite and rutile needles which makes it an overall highly appealing miniature!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.6 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
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A lovely quartz crystal with pericline association! Quality here is really stunning. The crystal is transparent and highly lustrous and has a sharp and flawless chisel-tip termination. As you can see in the picture there are some internal cracks but the surface is undamaged and fine. The pericline at the base makes for a lovely picture and is also in superb condition!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
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The main crystal is set on a fine mixture of smaller smoky quartz with albite and a greenish growth of epidote, which is typical for the site. It is partially intergrown with epidote, but still shows very good luster, especially on the front. The general condition is excellent. The main crystal is a bit rough at the tip, but not damaged. The side crystals and even the fragile albite are also in remarkably good condition. A very aesthetic and natural piece from Val Giuv.
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.1 x 3.4 x 2 cm
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However you look at this magnificent specimen, it is dominated by the sharp, thick, metallic blocks of hematite! There are a rich number of them, all in fantastic shape and condition. Those bright hematites are studded with small but fire red rutile crystals which is characteristic for Cavradi although they are particularly abundant on this specimen! The hematite cluster is set on a small piece of matrix with accompanying clear quartz. Just enough to have some diversion without diluting the importance of the hematite! A jewel of uttermost perfection!
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This specimen features a single 1.4 cm knee-twin crystal with bright luster and utter perfection. Both ends of the doubly terminated crystal are undamaged and sharply developed. As you can see on the picture there is a thin needle-like part protruding from the right end of the rutile. Also this is terminated. The rutile is set on an elongated calcite covered schist matrix with brownish limonite which all makes for a rather natural Alpine look. Beautiful and disctinctive aesthetics meets a large main crystal of striking quality and size!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.8 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
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A classic epidote specimen from the worlds best locale for the mineral: Knappenwand! The largest crystal of the piece is a little over 1 cm thick and 5 cm long. It has brilliant luster and a sharp termination with some rough corners but no damage. Combined with several other crystals it is grown out from a compact cluster of epidote and byssolite that is naturally developed all around with no breaks or contacts. The backside shows a small apatite crystal, very characteristic for the locale. The condition is near-perfect with only some damage at the smallest of side-crystals. Definitely one of the finer specimens of epidote with its very own elegant character!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.5 x 8.5 x 6.6 cm
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An absolutely gorgeous large cabinet sized white quartz specimen from Val Cavrein! It features one stocky, very well developed main crystal on a lovely floater cluster of interlocked quartz. The quality is totally pristine and without even the smallest abrasions, contacts or damage. The underside is completely crystallized! The main crystal has an internal crack which doesn’t reach the surface but nicely refelcts the light in a silvery way. The first picture was taken in the morning sun which magnifies the elegant and marvelous quartz!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.7 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
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The quartz on this sweeping golden specimen is completely flawless. It has sharp pointed or chisel-tip terminations over straight prismatic crystals of best glassy quality! The iron oxide that covers parts of the matrix adds the warm color to the otherwise colorless water-clear crystals. The quartz crystals stand out from the matrix in all different directions which makes this a vividly three-dimensional rock of gorgeous appeal!
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This pristine quartz specimen is really just spectacular! It is a completely white/transparent quartz with amazing sweeping aesthetics! The piece is 100% perfect and crystallized all over, even at the bottom! Hardly have I seen such a fascinating and enchanting quartz. Have a look on our video which much better shows the breathtaking beauty!
Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 22 x 11.8 x 6 cm
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A fantastic combination of a large, water clear skeletal quartz on a snow white adularia matrix. The whole thing is a floater and undamaged all around. I actually find both the front and the back absolutely beautiful, with a different character but matching quality. The quartz is all perfect, nicely skeletallized and shows some, but very little, chlorite. The adularia is sharp, translucent white and also associated with chlorite. Between the gaps you will also find some minimal green titanite which even more emphasizes the Alpine character of this exceptional piece. Best quality meets unbeatable, unique aesthetics!