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Brilliant glassy quartz crystals of vibrant pink color and attractive shape!
The quartz comes as sharply developed short crystals with bright luster that don't need much light to show their intriguing color. The specimen is crystallized and in very best condition all around!
Val Nalps, Vorderrhein, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 2.6 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
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A nice, sharp and gemmy titanite twin-crystal with a complex termination. The color is a play of mossy green and chestnut brown, which you can better see in our video. Great single crystal exemplar for this uncommon locale!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.4 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
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A very showy specimen of bright sparkling iron rose aggregates in association with muscovite and small quartz crystals. The hematite has a total dimension of around 4 cm and is a patchwork of rosettes with excellent metallic luster. The condition is overall very good with only very minimal issues. It's a distinctive and still characteristic hemaitite specimen from this classic locale!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 6.2 x 3 x 2.2 cm
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Back in 2003 Heinz Kirchtag opened a cleft which contained some of the most exceptional Amethyst specimens ever to come from the Austrian Alps! This very specimen in one of those and it is a piece of pure perfection! The termination is a sharp and flawless pyramid with super lustrous faces that reflect the intensive purple color of the quartz. Prism faces are slightly frosted but only so much to add a nice silky touch. Large parts of those faces show the so called "windows", beautifully structured growth patterns. Around the base you can see some muscovite which is characteristic for the locale. Overall this specimen is a fantastic specimen of best quality and aesthetics with no downsides at all!
Saurüssel, Mörchnerkar, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.1 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
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We have seen larger, we have seen more dominant. But this little specimen is absolutely gorgeous and lovely and shows a quality that is almost impossible to find! Several sceptre amethyst crystals are arranged next to each other to form a nice jagged outline. The crystal size ranges from several tiny millimeters to a little over two visible centimeters at the larger amethysts. The largest crystal at the left is actually 4.2 cm long as it continues down to the very bottom of the specimen which you can see in our video. All crystals are glassy, almost watery and highly lustrous all around! The tips show nice purple color that is rather strong for this small sized quartz crystals. Around the amethyst there is some rusty limonite and even some fine needles of rutile which round out the piece. Very unusual and totally lovely in person!
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
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This is a first-class indicolite specimen of intensive color and striking textbook aesthetics! The main crystal is 3.5 cm long and 1 cm thick and shows absolutely beautiful blue color. At closer view you can see a color change from marvelous ocean blue to a pure indigo towards the termination! Beautiful color, brilliant luster, gemmy crystal quality and a wonderful albite matrix with indicolite side-crystals combine for a piece of exceptional elegance! An amazing specimen in absolutely best condition!
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The main titanite has a size of 2.7 cm and prominently shows its gemmy side with a mix of mossy green and brown. The crystal is very well defined and sharp. Towards its left end it starts to get encompassed by some chlorite which also dominates the back of the specimen where a tight cluster of titanites is present as you can very well see in our video. The titanite cluster is set on a small piece of feldspar/chlorite matrix that is crystallized even at the bottom.
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One single titanite is prominently set on a flat piece of very beautiful matrix that itself is completely covered in filigree feldspar and chlorite. The titanite is 2.3 cm long, sharp, transparent and with nice brown and green coloring. The overall looks of this specimen is just unique and it is in outstanding condition all around!
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Size: 5 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
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This is a very attractive specimen of purple fluorite with sphalerite crystals atop. The fluorite comes as a stack of very nicely crystallized modified cubes. Those cubes are transparent and lustrous with frosted bevels. Set between the fluorites you can see sphalerite crystals of intensive orange-red color which nicely contrasts with the purple fluorites. The piece is a floater with only minimal contacts and in best condition.
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 8.7 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm
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The main crystal at this high quality smoky quartz specimen is a stocky exemplar of best luster and clarity with a distinctive brown color. The growth pattern is rather unusual, two parallelly intergrown crystals forming a single large and dominant quartz. It is prominently nested between a number of smaller crystals that display the same beautiful quality. A brilliant and highly attractive smoky quartz on matrix!
Auernig, Mallnitz, Ankogel, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 6.6 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
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This superb doubly terminated quartz shows perfectly developed tessin-quartz habit without any compromise. Both terminations are sharp and pointed and almost perfectly symmetric. Minimal contact induced roundings at the tips are only visible with the loupe. The quartz is transparent with characteristic chlorite inclusions which add a very nice green color that is especially strong towards the terminations. Absolutely amazing single quartz specimen of highest elegance!
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Two metallic grey galena cubes are aesthetically set on a small piece of rock matrix with an association of small but brilliant red sphalerite crystals. The galena has that unusual and very distinctive "fortification" style that is due to octahedral modifications and a second generation galena overgrowth. This mechanic, machine-made-look is fascinating in person and a well desired feature on those galenas from the Tri-State Mining disctrict of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma!