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A number of very thin and fragile brookite plates are perched on a grey piece of matrix that is largely coverd in sparkling quartz - even at the bottom - and provides a brilliant contrast. On a piece like this it is only natural that some of the crystals are broken but amazingly all main crystals are completely perfect here! The brookite shows beautiful hourglass paintings on otherwise orange and red crystals. A charming play of colors and markings that is totally mesmerizing in person. Hardly ever have I seen good brookite specimen from this rare locale, finding one in such exceptional quality is a small miracle indeed!
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A complete floater of adularia with decent chloritization especially at the backside. It shows no damage or even contacts all around and offers great quality with lustrous, transparent crystals. The most massive crystal is 2.7 cm broad, the longest one is an exact 5 cm long. An appealing cluster of adularia, perfect all around.
Galmihorn, Münster, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 8.8 x 7.1 x 2.9 cm
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Amazing! The quality of this massive smoky quartz gwindel is really astonishing as there is not a single internal crack or any kind of inclusion. The surface is beautifully structured and pristinely lustrous at the front, while smoothly chloritized at the back. The right sides has some minor edgewear but thats all there is to say. Even the bottom, where it detached from the pocket, is full crystallized and perfect. A fantastic gwindel of brilliant quality and excellent aesthetics!
Oberzeiring, Pölstal, Murtal district, Styria, Austria
Size: 7.6 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
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This zeiringite is for collectors of the rare and unique. Deepest blue color as is extremely rare for aragonite anywhere in the world comes from the Austrian locale of Oberzeiring, where this variety first occured. The zeiringite is heavily broken but which is practically the only way to get this extremely rare mineral at all. The zeiringite crust is around 3 cm thick on matrix, the layers of differing color intensity are nicely visible from the sides. An interesting piece that brings color to your Alpine mineral collection.
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Now, this is something unusual! Quartz from the Koralpe in Carinthia is already a rare find but this special crystal attracts my attention. The overall shape is a typical prismatic quartz with pointed termination but in this case all faces show a scaly pattern like a dragon skin. Slight etching does the effect and in a very much unique way. The lower parts show some contacts but over all there is no considerable damage to be found here. A real eye-catcher of great quality!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm
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Everything a world class gwindel needs is united in this fantastic specimen! What immediately strikes the attention is the brilliant luster on the amazing, well structured surface. Below this stunning surface is a glassy crystal that is completely free of internal cracks or any kind of impurities. Its color is the warm chocolate brown that is characteristic only for Val Giuv and most desirable. The gwindels bottom is nicely crystallized with some small adularia. Absolutely stunning and of highest possible quality!
Lukmanierschlucht, Disentis, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
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Two glassy quartz crystals dominantly protrude from this specimen like rabbit ears. The quartz is sharp, lustrous and virtually flawless. The matrix is a nice combination of small quartz crystals and brown limonite. The whole piece is in best condition, a floater of perfect aesthetics and great quality!
Furka-Basistunnel, Realp, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 15 x 12 x 7 cm
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A characteristic Swiss smoky quartz plate that was found in the 1970s by Michel Rau from France. It is a mix of prismatic smoky quartz crystals and smaller adularia in between, arranged on a white feldspar/quartz matrix. All main crystals are flawless, transparent and with excellent luster! What looks contacted around the left periphery is in fact completely crystallized and perfect. There are some smaller issues but only very few and the overall condition is just great. Nice quality and a distinct 3-dimensional feel! Ex. Jonas Norpoth collection.
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A lovely little tourmaline of great brilliance! The crystal is sharp and gemmy with nice color change from skin-color to green and pink at the sharp termination. There is some white feldspar attached at the side and the termination but that only adds to the beauty of this singel crystal specimen!
Großer Greiner, Zillertaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 10.6 x 8.4 x 2.7 cm
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Schorl from the Tyrolean Alps is rare and not even mentioned in "Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries". Fascinating enough this is a large specimen with crystals up to 7.5 cm long and 0.9 cm thick. The crystals are embedded in a silvery schist matrix and complete. Definitely a rare and interesting piece of Alpine tourmaline.
Galenstock Mt., Tiefenbach, Urserental, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 6.5 x 3.8 x 3 cm
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A single 5.4 cm smoky quartz of nice dark brown color is set on a well balanced piece of rock matrix. The crystal is flawless and straight, it is lustrous and with a sharp termination. There is minimal chlorite on the termination which makes the surface there evenly satinated. A very straightforward specimen in best condition!
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This is a very fat cluster of rutile, very showy over all. It is not perfect at the terminations, but therefore very low priced also!