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This is an incredibly lustrous and well-formed hematite aggregate from the famous Cavradi Gorge in Val Curnera. The main crystal is thick and sturdy, and it features amazingly well formed hoppered growth patterns on the front side. Very showy all around! Red rutiles add a nice contrast.

 

Nice cluster of pink fluorites to 32 mm across. As the specimen grew on a quartz crystal, the back side is flat, but fully recrystallized. There are a few little chips and contacts, but the price is very reasonable considering the quality and size!

 

This gwindel is half open and half closed what makes this specimen really special. It has has a great color and is a complete floater all around. Except some very minor edgewear on the bottom all is perfect.

 

Water clear quartz crystals featuring razor sharp edges atop and fine striations along the prism faces. Zero damage and great visual impact! A little schist matrix is attached on lower back side.

 

This is a gorgeous gwindel for the advanced alpine collector! It has perfect shape, like a tree, and is in great condition all around! The bottom side is fully crystallized and free of damage. The crystal has a fantastic smoky hue, and it is also fully transparent throughout. There are really zero internal flaws or inclusions!

 

Green schist quartzis considered to be among the very finest from the alps. This is an excellent sample from the Leisalp, Valser valley in Switzerland. Two upright crystals forming a "V" are surrounded by smaller ones at the base. As so typical of this find, green chlorite inclusions at the base add a pleasing colour contrast. Great aesthetics and condition!

 

Only very few localities in the alps have yielded deeply red fluorite crystals, and the Frunthorn in Valser valley is one of them. This is a stunning miniature from this comparatively small locality. A predominant 25 mm wide crystal is well crystallized all around and perched on a greyish schist matrix. Real colour for any alpine collection!

 

This is a tall Swiss gwindel of great condition and shape! Small damage and contacts are present at the base, but the top section is fully pristine. Great shape and great twist!

 

This is an incredibly fine specimen featuring two gwindel crystals in parallel growth. The piece is very slim and well twisted - the angle of the twist measures 45° from bottom to top, that says it all! Great specimen for the connoisseur alpine collector!

 

An ironrose cluster perched on smoky quartz and adularia matrix! The combination of these 3 species in great quality is very rare in alpine pockets, and only a very small number of specimens have been recovered in fine condition. In addition, the back side shows some small yellowish stilbite balls. the ironrose aggregate is very lustrous and 3-dimensional! Very well crystallized, also on the back side!

 

What a major classic alpine specimen! This piece comes from the Gotthardtunnel, dug in the 1970s of last century. A composite cluster of large fluorite octahedrons to 5.0 cm across is resting on a floater matrix of chlorite included fluorites. Associated minerals are quartz (on back side) and a fine cluster of green apophyllites perched on top right side. The entire specimen is actually a complete floater and has no points of attachment or contact. the colour of the fluorites is quite unusual and more on the yellowish/orange side than one would expect from a swiss locality. Note how well the back side is crystallized also! Probably the best specimen recovered from this pocket and indeed an alpine masterpiece!

 

Huge and highly transparent gwindel from the Swiss alps! The bottom is fully crystallized also. Incredible visual impact!