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-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 - Sold MS 12/12 |
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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 € |
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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 - Sold |
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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 - Sold |
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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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