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Alpine Minerals #7



XY64 - Smoky Quartz Gwindel - SOLD
Val Giuv, Surselva, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 7.5 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm
 
 
 
WOW! BRILLIANCE at its finest level! This killer gwindel specimen has all one can look for! Clarity, super-glossy luster, fantastic shape and perfection all around. What a masterpiece of mother nature!

A407 - Sphene - SOLD
Schiedergraben, Felbertal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 4.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
 
twinned sphene perched on calcite and adularia matrix. No damage. Lovely piece at a cheap price!

A376 - Smoky Quartz Gwindel - SOLD
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix , Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
Size: 17.3 x 11.6 x 6.3 cm
 
Superb gwindel on a thin plate of granite matrix. Several regular quartz crystals are scattered around and enhance the predominant position of the gwindel. Small chipping is present along one edge, but it is nothing important and forgivable in context. The colour is a deep smoky hue, and the clarity is striking in person!

A347 - Rutile - 390€
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 10.1 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm
 
Highly brilliant rutile crystals to 15 mm in length on nicely contrasting calcite matrix! The rutiles feature beautiful striations and are all doubly terminated. No damage.

ED02 - Iron Rose - SOLD
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tirol, Austria
Size: 9 x 5 x 3.6 cm
 
WOW! What an alpine killer specimen! A lovely nest of mica crystals is host to a wonderful 7 by 4.6 cm ironrose! This specimen is easily one of the 10 best hematites i have ever seen from the Austrian alps. It has a remarkable size, wonderful rose structures, nicely bevelled faces, great iridescence and outstanding aesthetics! Just jaw-dropping!

XY69 - Quartz - SOLD
Grieswies, Rauris, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 17 x 16 x 8 cm
 
Fantastic clear quartz from the classic Grieswies in Rauris valley. Great condition and shape!

PN23 - Iron Rose - SOLD
Monte Prosa, Prevat Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Tessin, Switzerland
Size: 3.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
 
This is a superb hematite on adularia in toenail size. It is perfect all around and displays well from both sides. One of the very best alpine hematites I have ever seen in this size range!

HS09 - Kainosite - SOLD
Hopffeldboden, Obersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 7.5 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm
 
A 6 mm kainosite crystal on adularia and mica matrix. Hopffeldboden has produced the best kainosites in the world, the largest known crystal is 13 mm wide. This is an excellent sample of this exceedingly rare species! No damage.

PM32 - Wulfenite - SOLD
Grube Stefanie, Bleiberg, Kärnten, Austria
Size: 7.4 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
 
Bright yellow and highly lustrous wulfenite crystals scattered on white carbonate matrix. Eye-candy!

AF07 - Etched Smoky Quartz - SOLD
Fedenstock, Fellital, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 7.5 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
 
Etched smoky quartz is probably 100 times rarer than etched clear quartz. This is one of very few fine etched smoky quartz crystals i have ever seen! Great colour and shape.

SF09 - Closed Gwindel - SOLD
Brüschi, Belalp, Wallis, Switzerland
Size: 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
 
Lovely closed gwindel with sidecars and a little matrix attached. The gwindel is in fact 4-sided. I mean it is crystalized all the way around, also the lower termination is well formed and fully intact. A superb miniature!

XY57 - Fluorite - SOLD
Aiguille Verte, Mont-Blanc Massiv, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
Size: 7 x 6 x 5 cm
 
Superb deep pink fluorite octahedrons perched on granite matrix. The crystals are exceptionally sharp and brilliant. Excellent aesthetics and condition!