In this gallery are presented minerals from the Alpine region, including areas of France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. You can browse through and see nice quartz, smoky quartz, pink fluorite, adularia, rutile on hematite and other classic specimens from this region.

 

WALPS-07/70 - Quartz

Juchlistock, Grimsel area (Bern, Switzerland)

Loose flawless gemmy face-rich crystal of lustrous smoky quartz. Marks on the terminal faces may be due to dissolution of previously attached fluorite crystals. Bottom is contacted. Undamaged. A nice small example of classic alpine Swiss quartz.

3.2x1.4x1.3 - 20 €

 

 

WALPS-07/67 - Quartz

Zinggenstock, Grimsel area (Bern, Switzerland)

Large loose flawless gemmy highly lustrous crystal of smoky quartz. Bottom area presents some contacts. Just a tiny nick near the termination as seen in the pictures, otherwise undamaged. For size, luster, color and gemminess, quality is the best one can expect from a Swiss smoky quartz.

9.6x4.7x4 - 235 €

 

 

WALPS-07/73 - Quartz

Bachlistock, Grimsel area (Bern, Switzerland)

Loose flawless gemmy crystal of dark smoky quartz. Presents a large "x" face as can be seen in the pictures. Some chlorite dust on the terminal faces. There is a tiny nick at the termination, otherwise undamaged.

5.9x3.1x2.6 - 60 €

 

 

WALPS-07/75 - Quartz

Bachlistock, Grimsel area (Bern, Switzerland)

Cluster of lustrous transparent quartz crystals to 5x1.8 cm. Terminations show some etching and are impregnated by chlorite dust. There are some remnants of matrix at bottom with a few tiny black anatase crystals and a brown brookite crystal to almost 2 mm. Largest quartz crystal presents some interesting geometrical contacts at back. Undamaged.

6.1x3.7x2.5 - 60 €

 

 

WALPS-07/78 - Quartz

Gletsch (Valais, Switzerland)

Cluster of doubly terminated lustrous transparent chlorite-coated light smoky quartz crystals on a piece of matrix. There are a few lustrous colorless tabular hexagonal crystal of apatite to 4 mm. across. Undamaged.

5.3x4x3 - 20 €

 

 

WALPS-07/77 - Quartz

Grimsel area (Bern, Switzerland)

Loose crystal of transparent to cloudy quartz with a very slight smoky tint. At the point where it changes from transparent to cloudy there is a void where it is possible to appreciate a partial termination partially regrown by the upper third of the crystal. Although this area may have been formed through dissolution, I believe it is instead the result of a second generation quartz regrown on a shorter previous crystal (the partial termination would be the remnants of the original crystal) to give the actual crystal. It is quite interesting as it stopped crystallization at a mid point and now we can see a "picture" of that natural process. Small black hematite crystals associated. It presents a small ding at the termination.

6.8x2.8x2.3 - 40 €

 

 

WALPS-07/76 - Quartz

Val Cavrein (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Matrixless loose highly lustrous nearly colorless transparent crystal of quartz with a very very faint smoky tint. Presents a tiny nick at the termination, otherwise undamaged.

6x3x2.2 - 25 €

 

 

WALPS-07/95 - Quartz and adularia

Val Giuv (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Cluster of lustrous translucent to apaque smoky quartz crystals to about 5 cm. long associated to crystals and groups of chlorite-coated adularia to about 3 cm. across. There are some tiny pistaccio-green epidote in a few spots. Bottom and back of quartz are mostly recrystallized. Some cleavings on the adularia crystals mostly at back as only important damage.

8.8x5.5x4.9 - 45 €

 

 

WALPS-06/38 - Quartz

Val Giuv (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Fine loose lustrous transparent composite crystal of smoky quartz with some calcite as remains of a previous matrix. Most of the prism faces and the bottom areas are contacted and recrystallized. However undamaged and quite interesting.

5.5x4.3x3.5 - 37 €

 

 

WALPS-06/39 - Quartz

Val Giuv (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Loose doubly terminated transparent crystal of smoky quartz with a fine dusting of chlorite in some faces, mainly at the termination and at back. Some remains of white adularia at bottom. Back of bottom termination is recrystallized. Undamaged.

5x2.7x2.4 - 20 €

 

 

WALPS-06/40 - Quartz

Val Giuv (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Floater cluster of translucent smoky quartz crystals coated by a fine dusting of chlorite. Some small chlorite-coated crystals of adularia associated. Bottom surface is recrystallized. Undamaged.

5.5x3.6x3.4 - 18 €

 

 

WALPS-06/41 - Quartz

Cavradi, Val Tavetsch (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Matrixless cluster of lustrous transparent doubly terminated quartz crystals to 3.9 cm. long in parallel arrangement. A tiny nick near the termination of the main crystal, otherwise undamaged.

3.9x2.5x1.8 - 9 €

 

 

WALPS-06/28 - Quartz

Rhône Glacier, Gletsch (Valais, Switzerland)

Matrixless cluster of gemmy transparent smoky quartz crystals to about 4x2 cm. Bottom is completely recrystallized and presents a few small white crystals of adularia to about 5 mm. across. Just a small nick at the termination of one of the minor crystals, otherwise undamaged.

4x3.7x2.8 - 60 €

 

 

WALPS-06/31 - Quartz

Rhône Glacier, Gletsch (Valais, Switzerland)

Matrixless cluster of lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to about 5.5 cm. long with some chlorite dusting in some faces. There are cloudy areas of chlorite included in some crystals as can be seen in the pictures. The main crystal is doubly terminated. Bottom back is recrystallized. Undamaged.

8.3x3.8x3.3 - 42 €

 

 

WALPS-06/37 - Quartz

Cavradi, Val Tavetsch (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Matrixless cluster of lustrous transparent quartz crystals, the main one being doubly terminated. Presents some contacted/recrystallized areas and some remnants of black hematite crsytals, unfortunately not complete. The main quartz crystal has a tiny nick at the top termination, otherwise undamaged.

5.6x5.2x2.5 - 40 €

 

 

WMISC-01/34 - Quartz

Val Giuv (Graubunden, Switzerland)

Very fine matrixless cluster of lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 5x5x3 cm. recristallized at bottom where there is a fine dusting of chlorite. Just a really tiny nick at the termination of the main crystal. A very good specimen from this classic alpine locality.

6x4.5x3 - 120 €

 

 

WMISC-S/N-6 - Quartz and dolomite

Ticino (Switzerland)

Lustrous transparent biterminated 5.5x2.5x2.5-cm. quartz crystal on a matrix partly covered by white dolomite penetration twins to 2.5 cm. Some damage to the dolomite and at back of the quartz crystal.

7.5x5x4 - 24 €

 

 

WMISC-S/N-7 - Quartz and dolomite

Ticino (Switzerland)

Matrixless aggregate of quartz crystals in a parallel arrangement, lustrous at the front side and opaque dull at back. A small plate of dolomite crystals attached at back. Some damage in a couple of small areas at back.

8.7x4x2.7 - 18 €

 

 

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