Alpine Treasures
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
Size: 10.8 x 7.9 x 6.6 cm
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Hexagonal prisms of transparent calcite with nice luster and low pyramidal terminations are set on a grey matrix with a nice association of calcite micro-crystals. All crystals are in very good condition with only peripheral contacts.
Val Nalps, Vorderrhein, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.9 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm
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The calcite in this specimen comes as a three-dimensional arrangement of very thin transparent tabular crystals with great luster! The elegance of this cluster is absolutely lovely and rare in such considerable size. Condition is overall very good with only some hardly discernible wear. Have a look on the video for a better look on shape and quality of this lovely calcite specimen!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 8.2 x 6.9 x 5.8 cm
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This very distinctive short prismatic quartz crystal strikes with superb luster and a complete, limpid transparency throughout the whole crystal! Tthrough one of the steep pyramidal faces that act as window to the inside you can see right to the bottom where a nice green byssolite lawn is visible. The crystal is perfect on all sides on the bottom and the termination. There are some contacts but no damage at all! Very attractive and of highest quality!
Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 8.2 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
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This is an unusual combination of jet-black hematite and milky white adularia. The hematite comes as tabular, highly lustrous crystals in overall very good condition. Along the upper ridge is a group of white adularia which provides a very good contrast. The backside and bottom are completely crystallized as well leaving this as a very attractive specimen in best condition!
Erfurter Steig, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.2 x 9.8 x 6 cm
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This combination of quartz and adularia is crystallized all around with a group of glassy quartz at the front and a nice adularia covered landscape at the back. The bottom is contacted but re-crystallized. The overall condition is very good but there is one damaged crystal at the front.
Neue Thüringer Hütte, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 21 x 17 x 17 cm
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This massive 3.6 kg quartz group was found by my father Anton Watzl senior in 1987 near the "Neue Thüringer Hütte". It rested inside a 5 meter deep cleft together with smaller specimens like adularia, titanite and skeletal quartz. Both crystals are of excellent quality, glassy and lustrous. The condition is overall very good. One crystal is damaged at the tip but luckily that is not visible from the front. The bottom is not broken but contacted or re-crystallized after detachment. During extraction from the cleft the two crystals went apart and had to be glued together but that is nothing you would easily see. Size, quality and composition make this an eye-catcher of pure Alpine quartz!
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!
Val Gronda da Cavrein, Vorderrheintal, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 12.5 x 10.8 x 7.2 cm
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A dominant and massy cluster of water-clear, colorless quartz with best luster all around and only very few peripheral issues. A small chip at the termination is re-healed. The whole piece has a greeninsh tinge due to some chlorite which is present but not too much to distract from the beauty of this rock. The bottom is completely crystallized and covered in green byssolite which also shines through the glassy quartz. A distinctly 3-dimensional piece of 360° beauty (go on, watch our video!) that shows great Alpine character!
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Countless wildly arranged quartz crystals are perched on a towering matrix of white feldspar and rust-brown iron-oxide covered muscovite. The whole sculpture is in exceptional condition with only flawless, glassy crystals in sight.
Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11 x 4.9 x 4.5 cm
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This smoky quartz specimen is a complete floater in very best condition! One minor abrasion at the lower termination is all, the rest is flawless. The crystal shows intensive brown color and nice clarity, especially towards the terminations. Some adularia crystals are attached here and there which add to the overall very nice aesthetics. The terminations show some chloritization while all prism faces are highly lustrous. A very attractive piece of Austrian smoky quartz!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10 x 8.9 x 4.9 cm
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High class quartz from Rauris, beautifully composed on a grey matrix. This piece is virtually perfect with no damage, naturally broken matrix and sharp, glassy crystals, many of which are doubly terminated. The outline is great with one single crystal sticking out like a tower above a castle's walls. This is definitely a superb specimen of remarkable quality and outstanding class!