Alpine Minerals #3
XY23 - Quartz - SOLD
Furkatunnel, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 6 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Clear quartz on a floater group of dolomite. Fantastic arrangement and aesthetics! No damage.
XY16 - Smoky Quartz - SOLD
Tiefengletscher, Furka, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Beautiful floater shard of a smoky quartz crystal.
XY12 - Scheelite - SOLD
Laperwitz Kees, Kals, Osttirol, Austria
Size: 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Well-formed scheelite crystal on chlorite matrix.
HA01 - Epidote - SOLD
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria
Size: 9.1 x 5 x 2.4 cm
This is an incredibly fine aggregate of thin elongated epidote crystals! Most remarkable is that the specimen is not repaired and in great condition all around. Only very few specimens of this quality and display have been found in recent mining operations over last 15 years. fantastic aestetics, the piece displays very well from both sides!
XY19 - Etched Quartz - SOLD
Val Cavrein, Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 11 x 5.5 x 5 cm
Superb etched clear quartz from Val Cavrein.
XY21 - Smoky Quartz - SOLD
Spitzigrat, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 9 x 6 x 5 cm
Fantastic quartz crystals featuring exceptionally deep smoky colour on granite matrix. From a very famous find made on Spitzigrat. No damage.
XY14 - Adularia - SOLD
Leisalp, Valsertal, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 14 x 8 x 7 cm
Gorgeous twinned adularia crystals perched on matrix!
XY07 - Siderite - SOLD
Furkatunnel, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 5.9 x 5 x 4.8 cm
Sideridt crystals to 15 mm across scattered on a big dolomite crystal. A small sagenite rutile aggregate completes the wonderful combination.
RG12 - Dolomite - SOLD
Grimsel, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Size: 11 x 7 x 6 cm
Large ball-shaped aggregate of dolomite on granite matrix. From an old find in "Gaswerkstollen Grimsel". Beautiful arrangement!
PL28 - Apatite - SOLD
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Tirol, Austria
Size: 4.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Two apatite crystals in a floater cluster. Repaired once - the repair is truly lock-fit and almost impossible to see.
XY17 - Fluorite - SOLD
Tiefengletscher, Furka, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Wonderful combination of pink fluorite and smoky quartz on granite matrix. No damage.
XY18 - Milarite - SOLD
Val Giuv, Surselva, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
A 12 mm clear milarite crystal on matrix. No damage.