Alpine Minerals #5

What a fantastic deep green 2 cm emerald in talc schist matrix. The crystal has the very best quality ever found at this famous Austrian locality!

Fantastic gwindel featuring great twist and clarity! The specimen comes from a small pocket filled with ice right next to the Tiefen glacier. Minor damage is present on left side, it is well visible on the picture and only a small issue in context. The luster is excellent and the entire gwindel is transparent throughout!

"Rosaflourit" and clear quartz on granite matrix. Rare combination and great aesthetics. There is no damage on the fluorite crystals.

2 fluorite octahedrons nicely perched on granite matrix. No damage.

Octahedral pink fluorites to 19 mm in size on white calcite matrix - what a rare and beautiful combination! Some small smoky quartz crsystals are attached on the lower right side and add a beautiful contrast.

Superb miniature from Bleiberg, Austria! The crystals are thick and sturdy, bright orange and shiny. No damage on main crystals.

WOW! A fabulous 8 cm gwindel and a regular quartz crystal are sitting right in the centre of a quartz crystal gruop. All crystals show incredible luster, truly the very best one can look for, and amazing clarity. The colour is a very appealing medium smokey hue, not dark and not light, very beautiful and eye candy! The specimen got detached from the granite wall still in the pocket during a late period of growth, hence the bottom side is fully recrystallized. It even shows some adularia and rutile sagenite crystals. The entire specimen is in fantastic condition and shape all around - truly a masterpiece of highest standards!

More than one dozen pink fluorites scattered on quartz crystals. Very attractive combination!

WOW! What a masterpiece creation of mother nature! A large and totally clear quartz gwindel is flanked by a regular quartz crystal on the right side. The quality of this specimen is simply breathtaking, it is the very best luster and clarity one can look for in any quartz crystal. The doubly beveled trapezohedron faces are so well developed and in fact unique, just unbelievable! The bottom side is fully crystallized also. No contacts, no damage, no flaws inside - just jaw dropping!

Clear and lustrous smoky quartz crystal perched on granite matrix. No damage.

This superb thumbnail features a 2.1 cm pristine fluorite octahedron on granite matrix. The colour is very strong and intense. No damage.

Very fine crystal cluster from the famous Rufibach pocket on Zinggenstock mountain. Great quality and condition!