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Gamsmutter, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 5.3 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
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A 360° sparkling cluster of schorl speckled with some snow-white pericline and dark green chlorite. The piece is crystallized all around with only some contacts at the bottom. It is in overall good condition, while some minor damage is inevitable on a fragile piece like this. A very elegant, clean and attractive example of Alpine schorl from this rare locale where only few pieces have been found in the past. Direct illumination adds a blood-red shimmer to the surface. An aesthetic specimen of high quality and distinct character!
Großer Happ, Venedigergruppe, Hohe Tauern, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 7.1 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
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Absolutely lovely and well composed, this aesthetic piece features snow-white pericline crystals on a contrasting rust-brown matrix. Atop these massy pericline there are some smaller adularia crystals, sharp and glassy white. This piece is distinctly 3-dimensional and of strikingly sharp character. Attractive all around and in good condition, this is a well sized collection piece of fine Alpine character!
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Three elongated Tessin habit quartz crystals are arranged at this specimen to form a distinctive, catchy outline. The crystals are lustrous and clear with some hematite inclusions. The cluster is in overall very good condition despite some inconspicuous chips at the side crystals termination. The quartz sits on a small piece of matrix, a mix of pericline and iron oxide. Definitely an aesthetic specimen all around!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 5.9 x 3.5 x 2 cm
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Nice stack of snow-white adularia that is in very best condition all over. The individual crystals are well developed, lustrous, translucent and sharp. A beautiful specimen with no downsides!
Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.4 x 5.2 x 1.5 cm
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Unusual adularia from Val Giuv that comes as a flat tile, composed of characteristic white crystals. The mirroring front face is very nicely patterned and pristine! At closer view you can identify two intergrown structures. One main part is all complete and appears as a compound of two major crystals. The lower part is is a little different in growth, more jagged and less compact. There seems to be some kind of contact but which is all recrystallized and perfect. Without doubt a marvelous specimen for this material!
Valsertal, Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.6 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
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An utterly attractuve quartz specimen of well defined composition on matrix. The main crystal is 5.5 cm long, perfect and has good luster at the front. The backside is frosted and adds a milky look to the water-clear crystal. Several side-crystals are evenly flawless and make for a great picture. A nice Swiss quartz of great aesthetics!
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Size: 6.6 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
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A single sharp cuprite tetrahedron lurks in a small vug, sparkling with calcite and quartz micro-crystals. The crystal is hardly grown into the matrix so the perfect shape is exceptioinally well visible. Below the silky surface is a relatively clear crystal but which needs much direct light to reveal the deep red color we so much love on this mineral species.
A particularly natural specimen with a sharp cuprite at the center!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
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A highly lustrous and well defined hematite thumbnail of highest perfection! The jet black hematite is developed as sharp hexagonal aggregates that are flawless and shiny all around! The surface is studded with micro crystals of mica but which in no way compromised the striking beauty of this small but impressive specimen!
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
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A lovely amethyst sceptre showing "windows" as is characteristic for specimen from Mörchnerkar. The sceptre body is of colorless quartz while its head shows nice purple color. The surface is mostly frosted but the terminal faces are highly lustrous and sharp. There is some minor damage to this piece though mostly just contacts or re-crystallized issues. Definitely a nice and distinctive Alpine amethyst specimen!
Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertaler Alpen, Nordtirol, Austria
Size: 6.1 x 4 x 2.9 cm
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Two lovely amethyst scepters with "windows" on the pyramidal faces are sitting on a small pice of matrix like a pair of mushrooms. Highly aesthetic and of very good quality with hardly any visible damage. An appealing small cabinet piece with glassy crystals, faint but visible amethyst color and appealing composition!
In der Gunggl, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 7.3 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm
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A roughly heart-shaped apatite of great quality sits on a 3-dimensional matrix, crystallized with pericline, mica, chlorite and smaller apatite. The piece has literally no downside as it is a complete floater. Especially the main crystal is impressive: It is largely transparent, lustrous and beautifully developed with characteristic bevelled edges. It has a damage at the lower right side but most of which is rehealed and not visible from the front anyway.
A remarkably beautiful Alpine apatite of great aesthetics from an uncommon locale!
Zinggenstock, Grimsel area, Hasli valley, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 6.2 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
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Like two red strawberries, these fluorite octahedrons are embedded in a cluster of greyish white calcite. Especially the larger main crystal is rather impressive. It has stunning clarity, a perfectly developed shape and intensive pink color! The calcite is a bit rough but not damaged at all as is the rest of this specimen. Very good Alpine fluorite in person!