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Furka-Basistunnel, Realp, Uri, Switzerland
Size: 5.7 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm
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Incredible luster! That's what immediately catches the eye and keeps it prisoner. In a way not even the video shows the full extent of this mesmerizing shimmering effect that very much improves the closer you look. The whole piece is in overall exceptional condition with some insignificant contacts at the side and back, but it has one tiny chip at the tip that is but poorly visible. This is an outstanding piece that offers just spectacular luster as is totally unique on Alpine fluorite specimens!
Nanga Parbat-Haramosh-Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Size: 12.5 x 11.4 x 8.3 cm
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A large and especially well balanced piece of high quality quartz on matrix. All the larger crystals contain faint but lovely phantoms in otherwise perfectly glassy-clear crystal bodies. Especially the terminations are brilliantly lustrous with a sometimes scale-like surface. All in all there is no significant damage here, just some minor edgewear or contacts at the backside. Even the bottom is not broken but in fact this whole piece is a floater. The rust-brown matrix and some iron oxide coating add some lovely color to an already great piece from Nanga Parbat, one of the worlds highest mountains.
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!
Großer Hexenkopf, Venedigergruppe, Prägraten, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 8.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
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An elongated prismatic quartz crystal that is completely flawless and of good quality. The crystal is transparent with some internal clouds, it is lustrous on all sides and very sharp. The bottom is contacted yet not broken. A decent crystal from Hohe Tauern national park!