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Erzwies, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 22 x 10.6 x 7.5 cm
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A very massy single quartz crystal of striking luster and a distinct Alpine characteristic. It is translucent to transparent, especially the lower body is very clear. The shiny surface shows many details, stepped growth, striation and corrugated faces. The bottom of this quartz is mainly rehealed and holds some matrix fragment, a piece of pericline with iron oxide coating. Overall this is a remarkable piece in person that impresses with high quality and massive size alike!
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
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Very old and extremely rare, this is a just lovely combination of mossy green epidote jewelled with colorless apatite which again shows green byssolite inclustions. This is for sure one of the sweetest specimen of this kind to be found in the famous Knappenwand region, more than a hundred years ago! The piece is perfect all around with only contacts at the sides but no damage. Extremely aesthetic, fantastically rare and of high quality, this piece is a real marvel!
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
Size: 19 x 13.5 x 8 cm
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This rather large specimen features fluorites up to 4.3 cm on edge with a lovely lavender color and great transparency! There are some contacts and even some obvious breaks, no way of denying that. However, the dramatic size and nice quality of the crystals definitely makes up for some of those downsides.
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A dominant 20 cm quartz crystal of straight upright shape! The termination as well as the backside have some chlorite but the front faces are clear and grant a view through the glassy crystal. Attached to the side there is a flattened crystal which look rather odd and adds a unique touch to this otherwise classic specimen. The whole thing is in marvelous condition and even the bottom is completely crystallized!
Teufelsmühle, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 18 x 14 x 6 cm
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Large bloks of pericline are 3-dimensionally arranged to form this impressive specimen. The single crystals are up to around 4 cm long and 1.3 cm thick and very well developed. The whole specimen is covered in silvery green chlorite but which leaves space for some white pericline to surface. Very nice and characteristic for the Austrian Alps! The piece was found on a collecting trip in 2003 by Heinz Kirchtag, Andreas Steiner, my father Anton Watzl sen. and myself, Rudolf Watzl.
Larmkogel, Habachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.1 x 9.3 x 8 cm
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It's hard to describe this specimen as it is much to 3-dimensional and complex for a picture. On our video you can see that this is a very massive cluster of well shaped, lustrous and transparent quartz that is heavily stacked to form this almost ball-like shape! What I like is the rich surface structure that makes this piece special. The condition is generally good with only some minor issues. A very particular specimen that might not be for everyone but is definitely rewarding and impressive in person!
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 11.5 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
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The upper half of this stocky quartz crystal is brilliantly transparent, an effect that is even enhanced by the lustrous and lovely structured surface. The sharp termination is all flawless as is the rest of this fine crystal. The bottom is all healed and re-crystallized, leaving no fresh break visible. Around the base the crystal is obscured by internal cracks rendering it white. Definitely an impressive piece for a single crystal specimen!
Kronprinz Mine, Kamsdorf, Saalfeld, Thüringen, Germany
Size: 6.1 x 5 x 3 cm
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Strashimirite is a very uncommon copper mineral that does not come in larger crystals but only in fibrous variedies or, like in this case, botryoidal crusts. The piece at hand shows a broken open vug with an inner surface that is completely coated in mint-green strashimirite which again are encrusted in very thin sparkling colorless quartz. A nice locality piece with no damage.
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
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This rather small iron rose is an astonishingly beautiful marvel! The hematite is of mirroring luster and perfectly well developed all around. It is completely free of damage and in fact a floater. Mörchnerkar is famous for great hematite specimen but pieces of such exceptionally high quality are of course extremely rare. But words at are a loss to describe a piece like this so go on and enjoy picture and video!
Wilden See, Wilden Kogel, Hohe Tauern, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 10.8 x 6 x 6.2 cm
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A rather massive quartz specimen of light yet distinctive smoky color. It is a combination of classic prismatic quartz with a large gwindel in the center. The piece has no damage, only some very small chips. The overall quality is not great but well enough with a lustrous and very well developed surface and a mostly clear crystal. This is a extremely rare gwindel from the Hohe Tauern region and of stunning size as well!
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This is quartz of absolutely top quality!
The piece shows best glassy crystal quality with brilliant luster and sharp tessin quartz habit. Some side-crystals at the main crystals base boost the aesthetics to stunning textbook level! The whole thing is flawless and crystallized right to the bottom. Perfect in any way!
Muttenhorn, Gletsch, Furka pass area, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 7.3 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
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This is a spectacular Alpine quartz with a quality that is one or two levels above everything else you might have seen from Switzerland! A perfect, pointed and glassy main quartz crystal stands at the very center of this specimen and is surrounded by a row of sparkling side-crystals! The aesthetics is absolutely textbook and perfect all around with no downsides at all! All crystals are of incredibly high quality: Perfectly glassy bodies, sharply defined habit with all flawless pointed terminations and a striking wet-look luster on all sides! Have a look on our video for a better impression of this mindblowing quartz specimen! Its undoubtedly a quartz that satisfies even the highest quality standards!