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Murursprung, Ankogelgruppe, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 3.9 x 1.4 x 1 cm
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Probably the best single rutile crystal we have ever seen coming from Austria. It is doubly terminated, free of damage and shows some nice red color, although - due to its thickness - only at the surface. The whole crystal is brightly lustrous as you can well see on our video. While the Ankogel group is usually famous for great sagenite rutile, this fantastic crystal is massive and exceptionally thick. A real stunner in person!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 6.7 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
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Almost like a citrine this remarkable quartz sceptre shows staggering golden color. Still, this is a perfectly colorless and transparent quartz which gains its bright color from iron oxide, covering many of the natural "window" faces you can find all over this incredible specimen. Holding no significant damage, this is a fantastic Austrian quartz of best quality and absolutely unique development!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 10.2 x 7.3 x 5 cm
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A masterpiece in respect of composition and color combination and crystal quality alike! A dominant colorless and water-clear quartz crystal of utterly beautiful surface structure emerges from a group of quartz crystals, intensively orange to red with iron oxide. To the right of the specimen is a nested cluster of green epidote with some white adularia, which makes for a very rare and desirable combination. With no damage and best quality this is a superb specimen for any collection of fine Alpine minerals!
Schwarzes Hörndl, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.6 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
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This titanite is something very unusual!
It is a rather large and sharp, arrow-head shaped titanite that is absolutely outstanding if not unique for the locale!The crystal is a floater that shows superb luster on all sides. At the back it has a white pericline crystal, encrusted in some chlorite.With no damage, distinctive shape and a wonderful combination of green and brown color this is an overall great piece from a very uncommon locale!
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This is a superb piece from the Rieding area at Weisseck that shows exceptionally large fluorite cubes up to 3 cm on edge on a limestone matrix!
The fluorite shows a nice green to blue color - depending on the light color - and is largely transparent. The surface is frosted, yet leaves enough insight into the clear crystals. Large and impressive with tightly packed crystals of great quality and color!
This piece was found in 1997 by my father Anton Watzl senior!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 17 x 10.6 x 8 cm
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An unusually rich paragenesis from the Knappenwand that shows a well balanced composition of epidote and albite in combination with some apatite and byssolite. The epidote comes in two generations, a grass-green coating of sparkling micro-crystals that covers around half of the rocks surface and a second generation of larger crystals, characteristic for Knappenwand specimens. This epidote stands in contrast to the snow-white adularia that forms cloud-like clusters on the specimens upper half. Small apatite crystals up to 0.5 cm in diameter are distributed between the epidote. This rock is naturally broken and shows us a paragenesis thats very much characteristic for the locale, yet surprisingly rich and detailed!
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First of all look at the size of these milarite crystals! A combination of two main crystals vertically extends over a length of 4.8 cm across the white feldspar matrix. This is absolutely outstanding and stunning for this rare minerals which is mainly found in very small crystals, mostly under 1 cm. The single crystals measure 3.1 and 2.6 cm whereby especially the upper, doubly terminated and freestanding milarite impresses with its superb quality! Glassy, gemmy, highly lustrous and in perfect condition! The front side is largely covered in chlorite but still the luster is shining through. The backside is completely free and grants the insight into the gemmy colorless inside! The whole specimen is in excellent condition and crystallized even at the backside. An important specimen for the mineral that is exceptionally aesthetic and impresses with staggeringly large high quality crystals!
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Paprok may be one of those world-famous localities for fine tourmaline but also for aquamarine? Hardly! Still, this very specimen was found there and it is pretty indeed! The single aqua is set on a characteristic mix of quartz, feldspar and schorl. The crystal has a modified hexagonal shape that is more typical for morganite but the color is blue - a light but definite sky blue. There are some peripheral contacts but the aquamarine is in best condition. The interior is glassy, the surface is partly frosted, partly lustrous and clean. This is an unusual and striking piece from a major locale!
Forsterbachtal, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
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Top sceptre quartz specimen with exceptionally distinct "windows" that reach deep into the crystal without compromising the well cut crystal architecture. The crystal is completely flawelss from bottom to top. The large sceptre head is set on a comparatively thin stem which looks just amazing. Iron oxide inclusions make it shine in beautiful golden light!
Amertal, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.9 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
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Clarity, shape and luster. This brilliant skeletal quartz is absolutely water-clear, free of internal cracks, beautifully etched and completely flawless all around. It stands like a monument, ponderous and strong yet filigree and full of lovely details. The shape of this crystal still resembles the original hexagonal quartz prism but gets more and more skeletal to the tip. The bottom is fully crystallized as well and shows incredulous surface structure. While most known skeletal quartz of comparable quality are from Habach Valley, this very specimen has been found in Felbertal, making it even more valuable to collectors. This is truly one of a kind, majestetic and marvelous!
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What this single tourmaline crystal has to offer is uttermost brilliance, sharpness and very nice colors! The tourmaline is completely glassy from bottom to top where it ends in a sharply cut polyhedral termination. Absolutely lovely in person!
Ras Koh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
Size: 3.1 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
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This epidote specimen is from a recent find in the western Pakistani Mountains that revealed a completely unique and highly aesthetic "bow tie" shape. Sprays of dark green, lustous epidote form this sharp clusters in a just lovely way.This is a singly "bow tie" cluster, distinctively developed and with bright luster! It is completely free of any damage or contacts.
A piece of distinct shape and characteristics!