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A novelty at Tucson 2015. Extraordinarily sharp japan law twin with very well defined and transparent crystals. We note that the japan law twin, already rare, is even more rare in Alpine type crevices where this Quartz is formed. The sample is a floater with a recrystallized base.
Arun Valley, Mount Makalu, Mahalangur Himalayas Nepal (2014)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.36” × 1.34”
Price: €420 / US$449 / ¥59620 / AUD$670

XM150TJ: Quartz (varieties smoky and scepter)

Parallel and scepter growth of doubly terminated crystals, very lustrous, transparent, and with an intense smoky color, on a group of very elongated white Quartz crystals.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province South Africa (08/2010)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.22” × 0.87”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

TC150EV: Quartz (variety amethyst and scepter)

Group of doubly terminated scepter crystals of Quartz (amethyst variety), one of them clearly dominant, with well-defined faces and edges, translucent and with an intense and deep color, denser at the crystal ends. It is becoming less and less common to find specimens from this locality, where work was done for only a very short time.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province Argentina (01-06/2002)
Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 1.18”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

TMP13AN4: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Scepter growth of two transparent Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very good luster and distinct color zoning. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 2.7 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.39” × 0.31”
Price: €85 / US$91 / ¥12060 / AUD$130

NR67AL5: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) with a short prism, transparent, very bright and pale violet in color, with a more intense tone at the edges and at the vertices. High quality for the deposit.
The piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (no. 610), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Los Pajaritos-Cabezo de Don Juan Ravine, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 9 × 8.4 × 6.1 cm = 3.54” × 3.31” × 2.40”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

EFM47AO9: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very sharp crystal forms, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with a very deep intense violet color, on a base of white Quartz. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region Niger (08/2021)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.23” × 2.05” × 1.81”
Price: €250 / US$267 / ¥35490 / AUD$400

TC280EV: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Druse of translucent Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), very shiny and with a very deep and intense violet color.
Santa Ana Quarry, Artigas Department Uruguay (03/2007)
Specimen size: 12.7 × 10.4 × 8.8 cm = 5.00” × 4.09” × 3.46”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥39740 / AUD$440

EE89AL3: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) transparent and bright. The color is selectively distributed, with the prism faces being practically colorless, slightly reddish colors on the pyramidal faces, and intense violet concentrated mainly around the terminal edges. The specimen comes from a classic American locality.
North Bend, King County, Washington USA
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.94”
Price: €440 / US$471 / ¥62460 / AUD$700

ERB72AO9: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Group of Quartz crystals with very sharp crystal forms, with scepter growths, with a relatively short prism, translucent and with an intense deep violet color. The specimen comes from a find made in a locality practically unknown to date.
Berjé, Aïr Massif, Agadez Region Niger (08/2021)
Specimen size: 14.2 × 12.3 × 8.6 cm = 5.59” × 4.84” × 3.39”
Price: €680 / US$728 / ¥96530 / AUD$1090

6TP58L7: Quartz (variety amethyst) after Calcite with Hematite

Large lenticular Calcite crystal, partially dissolved, covered and replaced almost entirely by Quartz crystals (variety amethyst), with dark inclusions of probably Hematite, on the edges of the Calcite. Different.
Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño area, Artigas Department Uruguay (2006)
Specimen size: 16.8 × 8.9 × 1.8 cm = 6.61”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63”
Price: €270 / US$289 / ¥38320 / AUD$430

TC2240DKL: Quartz (variety amethyst) and Quartz (variety smoky)

Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), partially doubly terminated and forming scepter growths on Quartz (smoky variety), with traces of a Microcline matrix. It comes from a unique find in a place discovered by Lluís Daunis and later lost. We will send the buyer the autographed label from the Daunis collection.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 10.4 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.36” × 1.69”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

EJ97AL0: Quartz (variety amethyst) doubly terminated

Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very well defined faces and edges, forming parallel growths. The crystals are translucent and display an intense deep color, deeper at the ends of the crystal. It is getting less and less common to find specimens from this locality, which was worked for only a brief time.
La Francesa Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province Argentina (01-06/2002)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.50”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

MR72AB7: Quartz (variety amethyst) epitactic Calcite

Druse of Quartz (variety amethyst) crystals, one of them clearly dominant and with a considerable size. They are coating the surfaces of a group of now missing Calcite crystals, preserving their original shape. The crystals show a neat geometric color zoning, clearer on the prism faces and deep violet on the terminations. The sample is from a not well known quarry at the classic Artigas área and where very interesting and esthetic samples are today being recovered.
La Soberana Quarry, Catalán Grande area, Artigas Department Uruguay (09/2011)
Specimen size: 19.5 × 18 × 14 cm = 7.68” × 7.09” × 5.51”
Price: €1450 / US$1552 / ¥205840 / AUD$2320

TC60NG: Quartz (variety amethyst) on Quartz (variety smoky)

Scepter growth of a Quartz crystal (amethyst variety), with parallel growths in the lower part, translucent, with bright luster and an intense color, embedded in a Quartz crystal (smoky variety)
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2008)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.81” × 1.10” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.06”
Price: €60 / US$64 / ¥8510 / AUD$90

XM2180NTL: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite

Druse of Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals, on a small matrix of basalt rock. Thick aerial crystals, with very sharp faces and edges and an intense amethyst color, with partial coatings of small Calcite crystals very visible on the back of the piece. The specimen belonged to Santiago Jiménez who, especially in the 1980s and 90s, assembled an excellent collection.
Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.4 × 7.2 cm = 3.35” × 2.91” × 2.83”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

TC740EB: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite and Hematite

Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) translucent, shiny, and partially covered by two generations of what appear to be Calcite crystals, a first generation with hexagonal outlines, polycrystalline surfaces and a reddish color due to the presence of abundant Hematite crystals, and covered by a second generation of Calcite which formed pale yellow equant crystals.
Mojarra Quarry, La Bolsa area, Artigas Department Uruguay (15/01/2007)
Specimen size: 14.8 × 9.7 × 9.6 cm = 5.83” × 3.82” × 3.78”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 5 cm = 2.95” × 1.97”
Price: €740 / US$792 / ¥105050 / AUD$1180

BXF92AP4: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Epidote

Druse on matrix of transparent Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very bright luster and an intense violet color. There is Epidote on the matrix, very characteristic of old specimens. The specimen comes from an important European collection.
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Municipio Tatatila, Veracruz (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave) Mexico
Specimen size: 14.8 × 12.5 × 2.7 cm = 5.83” × 4.92” × 1.06”
Price: €780 / US$835 / ¥110720 / AUD$1250

NG8AL3: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Microcline

Scepter Quartz crystal (variety amethyst), with parallel growths in the lower parts, translucent, lustrous, and with very intense color. On a Microcline matrix.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (10/2004)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 0.94” × 0.63”
Price: €45 / US$48 / ¥6380 / AUD$70

NG12S6: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Microcline

Quartz amethyst from the finds of a few years ago, when the workings of the new high-speed train (AVE) crossed a mineralized area of the Montseny Mountains near Barcelona.
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (07/2006)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.09” × 0.98”
Price: €55 / US$58 / ¥7800 / AUD$80

MV27R9: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz

Parallel growth of crystals on a base of white Quartz. Crystals are transparent, bright and have an excellent, very deep, color with color zoning specially concentrated on the edges.
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2006)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 6.2 cm = 3.74” × 2.95” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.50”
Price: €225 / US$240 / ¥31940 / AUD$360

3N03: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky)

The most notable thing about these crystals is the way the rhombohedral faces of the termination are much larger than the prism faces. The color is intense and displays unevenly distributed zoning. The back side has re-crystallized.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (09/2005)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.0 × 2.2 cm = 2.68” × 1.97” × 0.87”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

NH28AJ0: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky)

Quartz (amethyst variety) crystals that are translucent, bright and have geometric color bands, deeper and denser on the edges.
The sample has great quality for the locality and is from the Jaume Vilalta collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (06/2006)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 3.9 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 1.54”
Price: €320 / US$342 / ¥45420 / AUD$510

DR96AI8: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline

Scepter polycrystalline growth with one of the crystals clearly dominant. The crystals are translucent, bright and have a diffuse color distribution, very much more intense in the central areas of the crystal. It is from an historic place where the first good quality amethyst finds were made, before the more recent workings.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.83” × 1.97” × 1.89”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

SV340NEX: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite

Druse formed by Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), on a Greenalite matrix, with a very short prism, sharp, transparent, with great luster and a very light violet color, dotted with a multitude of light brown Siderite crystals, some more isolated and others forming spherical aggregates, with a satin luster and velvety appearance, very characteristic for specimens from this emblematic deposit in the La Unión mining district, the San Valentine cut.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 19.2 × 14.8 × 8.4 cm = 7.56” × 5.83” × 3.31”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 1.02”
Price: €340 / US$364 / ¥48260 / AUD$540

NA70AN2: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Siderite

Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with a very short prism, translucent, with good luster and a pale magenta-violet color, partially covered by small groups of Siderite crystals. This piece comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 603) whose label we will send to the buyer. Of exceptional quality for the locality.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 19.4 × 13.4 × 7.8 cm = 7.64” × 5.28” × 3.07”
Price: €540 / US$578 / ¥76650 / AUD$860

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