Alpine Treasures
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.4 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
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This quartz shows best wet-look luster all around, it is glassy, sharp and flawless. A smaller side crystals adds much to the overall aesthetics! At the base, especially on the backside where there is a contacted zone, you can find some rutile in a sagenite grid. As you look closer on that rutile you will discover individual needles not only near the bottom but also further up along the surface. A lovely detail on this already stunning specimen!
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Yes, those quartz crystals are utterly amazing, with striking clarity and luster and a lovely orange iron oxide sheen. But what I like most about this specimen is the unusual overall aesthetics. A natural shard of rock matrix is covered in quartz micro-crystals as well as a single white adularia that adds much more to the aesthetics than it's size would indicate. Even the backside is completely crystallized and natural. A true piece of natural art!
Elfer, Hüttschlag, St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.5 x 8.6 x 5 cm
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This piece from a rare find near Hüttschlag has a sweeping crown-like aesthetics and a very good size.
I love how the glassy and lustrous quartz has some chlorite inclusions which add an attractive green color to some parts while others stay colorless.
The picture was taken in the evening sun which beautifully emphasises the appealing color.
The whole piece is in very best condition. Even the underside is crystallized!
It’s an amazingly beautiful piece in person!
Cavradi, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 6.7 x 5 x 4.9 cm
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A piece of well crystallized translucent adularia holds a single stack of black tourmaline needles. This stack itself has a size of 3.4 x 2.6 cm and is a wild construct of hundreds of crystals. It is intergrown with some adularia micro-crystals but is mostly pure schorl with no real damage. If you look very closely it is amazing how most of those thin crystals actually have terminations. Only very few are broken but that's hardly visible and unavoidable anyway. Overall a distinctive specimen in outstanding condition.
Kreealm, Hüttschlag, St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.9 x 3.6 x 3 cm
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This well shaped sceptre quartz shows brilliant luster and clarity. The head is sharp and shows a nice surface structure as you can see on our picture and video. It has some rough parts and edged here and there. Some of that is slightly chipped but most is just contact induced and natural. The sceptre stem has a crust of feldspar and limonite which adds some contrast and emphasizes the head. A very attractive specimen in overall great condition!
Breithorn, Grengiols, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
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An enchanting combination of quartz and rutile on a vivid schist matrix from the Breithorn near Grengiolis in the Swiss canton of Wallis. The main quartz is 2.7 cm long, colorless, transparent and very shiny. What is special here, however, is the combination of the quartz crystals with the rutiles that sit at the right. All three rutiles are double-ended, the longest measures 1.5 cm. On closer inspection, the smaller of the crystals has barely noticeable damage, but the rest is perfect. The Matrix is also particularly beautiful: a vivid landscape of silvery schist, white feldspar, reddish iron oxide, small quartz crystals and occasionally tiny rutile needles. A truly excellent piece!
Ankogelgruppe, Anlauftal, Gasteinertal, Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
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A single octahedral pyrite crystal with a nice rust-brown patina and some associated white feldspar. The octahedron is somewhat irregularly grown but there is not damage or contacts here. Have a look on our video for a full 360° look on this fine specimen!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 13.1 x 9.5 x 3.9 cm
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This fine matrix specimen features a central main fluorite cluster and several smaller fluorites distributed over the sparkling white feldspar rich matrix. The main cluster has a diameter of 3.6 cm and is absolutely amazing! It consists of three interlocked octahedral fluorites with brilliant transparency and luster. The color is an intensive pink with some purple on the edges of the highly structured and detailed fluorites! There is no damage at all here. Also the side crystals are flawless. If you are looking for a matrix specimen of Swiss fluorite, then have a close look on this one!
Kreealm, Hüttschlag, St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 12.3 x 5.8 x 4 cm
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This fine specimen is a rather large sceptre quartz from a lesser known locale, the Kreealm. The total size is remarkable 12.3 cm with a 7.1 cm sceptre head. The quartz has a lovely surface structure and great luster. The interior is somewhat clouded but has transparent parts as well. Condition is excellent with no damage anywhere. The backside of the specimen is rough and intergrown with some rock matrix but also here, no damage. Have a look on our video for a view of that backside and an overall impression of the quality!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 14 x 5 x 3.7 cm
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What looks fantastic on the pictures is even better in person: Brilliant wet-look luster and water-clear transparency! The 14 cm long crystal is in fantastic condition right up to the pointed termination. Its backside is overgrown with a lovely mix of adularia, chlorite, limonite and some quartz crystals, the largest of which is 5 cm long and an attractive side-crystal.
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.7 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
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I have to say that this splendid smoky quartz gwindel is really much better in person! Fine chlorite on the surface makes it difficult to photograph even though this piece is brilliant and vibrant in person. The gwindel itself is transparent and has a wonderful smoky color without being too dark. The suface is lustrous with only little chlorite. There is no damage whatsoever, even the bottom is crystallized. On the bottom there is some white adularia and a small epidote which makes this more than just a single crystal specimen. It is a highly natural specimen of best aesthetics, great quality and considerable size!
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This specimen features nice orange wulfenite crystals richly covering a piece of rock matrix. While the larger crystals up to 1.1 cm on edge are assembled at the top of the specimen, smaller crystals are grown all over the piece. Even at the backside and the bottom, which has only a thin edge that is somewhat scuffed but all the rest is overgrown with wulfenite crystals. The crystals are nicely lustrous and translucent and in best condition.