Alpine Treasures
Weißeck, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 12.5 x 8.6 x 6.6 cm
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This fluorite is something very special! Most comparable pieces of this region are etched from humic acid and thus dull. But not here! Found in the local permafrost soil this piece is fantastically lustrous and sharp. The color is a pleasing deep purple with some grey and white faces. At the front you will find a group of scalenohedral calcite crystals that add some lively contrast. One special detail is to be found at the back of the specimen. Go ahead and watch the video, you will be pleasantly surprised!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
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While not exceptionally large this specimen amazes with brilliant quality and an unusually complex and fascinating architecture. All around you can see interlocked crystals of very best quality that sum up to this sparkling sculpture!
Taschenspitze, Ankogelgruppe, Malta, Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 8.8 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
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Several quartz crystals are attracitvely arranged around a single main crystal. The main quartz has absolutely amazing luster and surface structure on all sides, it is glassy and in superb condition! The bottom as well is not broken but completely recrystallized. It's a brilliant specimen from an uncommon locale!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 5.5 x 3 x 2.6 cm
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A doubly terminated amethyst with characterictic convoluted sceptre-architecture and very nice purple color. The crystal is overall in very good condition, both terminations are perfect. There is a break at the backside but that doesn't impair the terminations or the front view at all.
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
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What you can see in the picture is the excellent crystal quality and textbook composition this quartz specimen has to offer. What you can't see however is, that it is a complete floater that is crystallized with quartz and feldspar micro-crystals on the bottom. There is no damage whatsoever, not even small abrasions.
Weißenbachkees, Goldberggruppe, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.5 x 6.9 x 4.7 cm
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A combination of pericline and quartz on a rust-brown limonite matrix. The pericline are well defined crystals up to 2.6 cm tainted with some brown iron oxide. Quartz is arranged between the pericline is transparent and with some iron oxide as well. The overall condition is very good with only minimal abrasions. The larger quartz at the top is repaired which is unfortunate but certainly reduces the price on this otherwise charming and well shaped specimen!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 3.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
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A single 1.7 cm fluorite octahedron with lovely pink color is set on a characteristic Zinggenstock rock matrix. The crystal is 100% perfect and shows very fine quality! It's an absolutely outstanding thumbnail specimen from this famous locale!
Hocharnwand, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 10.6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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An aesthetic combination of a rather large main quartz emerging from a group of smaller crystals. The quartz is completely colorless, glassy and lustrous, with no damage to speak of. A beautiful, well developed specimen with no downsides!
Plattenbrüche, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 2.9 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
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Jet black tabular hematite in combination with schorl, quartz and albite micro-crystals. The hematite has very nice luster on front and backside and while it has mostly rough edges those are not damaged but natural. The hematite is set on a single clear and lustrous quartz crystal that has a thin schorl grown right through it. The larger schorl crystals are on the front and up to 1 x 0,3 cm in size. All in all this is a very nice combination piece without damage from the rauris quarry. The pictures also show the exact findspot.
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Sharp and water-clear! This is a single quartz crystal of exceptional quality. The pointed termination displays a large window-like face that grants a deep insight, right to the bottom of the colorless transparent crystal. There is minimal edgewear present, overall this piece is in great condition! Have a look on our video to see the superb quality of this specimen!
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.9 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
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A distinct quartz sceptre peeps out between some other translucent quartz crystals. All surfaces are lustrous and undamaged. some rust brown limonite adds color to this lovely little - yet highly aesthetic - specimen! Have a look on our video which gives a perfect impression of this charming piece!