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TGH86AO6: Quartz (variety rose quartz)

Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is their natural color. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will be known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru (02/2022)
Specimen size: 19 × 18 × 9 cm = 7.48” × 7.09” × 3.54”
Price: €1800 / US$1927 / ¥255520 / AUD$2890

TC2190TP: Quartz (variety smoky and amethyst)

Floater group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with parallel growths, transparent, with good luster and an intense smoky color and bordered by bright violet Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) with intense color zoning.
Andilamela District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province Madagascar
Specimen size: 11.4 × 9.4 × 2 cm = 4.49” × 3.70” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 3.9 ×1.4 cm = 1.54” × 0.55”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

TC1100TP: Quartz (variety smoky and variety gwindel)

Large group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant, with very visible twists and parallel gwindel-like growths, with good luster and a deep color and good transparency.
Aiguille de l'Eboulement, Les Petites Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (2015)
Specimen size: 20.7 × 11.4 × 10.6 cm = 8.15” × 4.49” × 4.17”
Price: €1100 / US$1177 / ¥156150 / AUD$1760

21NAX60: Quartz (variety smoky)

Very sharp Quartz crystal (smoky variety), with parallel and staggered growths, transparent, with good luster and an intense and uniform smoky tone, on a Microcline matrix with preferred orientations, creating a graphic texture. The specimen comes from the quarries of Monte Xiabre in Galicia, and was found in 2015.
Xiabre Mountain, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Comarca O Salnés, Pontevedra, Galicia / Galiza Spain (10/2015)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.24” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 1.85”
Price: €55 / US$58 / ¥7800 / AUD$80

18NA13: Quartz (variety smoky)

Flattened crystal of Quartz, smoky variety, with more intense color in the center of the crystal and polycrystalline terminations on one of its faces. From a classic deposit for Catalan mineralogy.
Mas Sever Quarry, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2004-2010)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.40” × 1.06”
Price: €75 / US$80 / ¥10640 / AUD$120

TGB13AO1: Quartz (variety smoky)

Doubly terminated Quartz crystals, with very well defined parallel growths, transparent, with good luster and an intense smoky color with darker zoning on the terminations. On a colorless Quartz matrix. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria Australia
Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”
Price: €75 / US$80 / ¥10640 / AUD$120

9MC14F5: Quartz (variety smoky)

One can see different crystals that have grown in various directions. To me it looks like it is the very complex crystallization that gives the specimen so many faces, which means that any movement creates numerous reflections. It is a very original floater with zones of smoky color and multi-colored reflection from its interior. For Quartz specialists.
Sâo Geraldo do Baixio, Governador Valadares, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais Brazil (09/2002)
Specimen size: 9.0 × 7.0 × 5.0 cm = 3.54” × 2.76” × 1.97”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

DH26AK4: Quartz (variety smoky)

Full crystal, with highly profiled polycrystalline terminations with the base recrystallized as the start of a scepter growth. The specimen, transparent, bright and of a very deep and uniform smoky color, comes from a completely lost locality and is from the Daunis collection, which in the 1970s to ‘80s was a reference collection for local field collectors in the Barcelona area.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.18” × 1.02”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

DX66AL3: Quartz (variety smoky)

Group of very transparent smoky Quartz crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with a group of smaller crystals, some of which are also doubly terminated, from the historic Montseny locality where the first finds of amethyst and quality smoky Quartz were made before the recent finds. The Daunis collection was, in the 70s-80s, a reference for local field collectors in the Barcelona area.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 8 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 3.15” × 0.98” × 0.75”
Price: €160 / US$171 / ¥22710 / AUD$257

MQ76AK9: Quartz (variety smoky)

Group of doubly terminated floater crystals, transparent and very bright, with a slightly smoky tone. An alpine classic from the collection Carles Manresa (no. 4147) whose collection entry shows that it was previously in the collection of Joaquín Folch Girona, who got it in an exchange with the Sulzbachs, Zurich, in 1950. We will send to the buyer, together with the specimen, the label and collection record of Carlos Manresa and the label and handwritten record from the Folch collection.
Sidelangetscher, Furka Pass area, Urseren, Uri Switzerland (±1950)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.97” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.30”
Price: €190 / US$203 / ¥26970 / AUD$300

HM390LW: Quartz (variety smoky)

Floater growth of parallel Quartz crystals, with twists (gwindels), transparent, with great luster and a very intense smoky color.
Former collection of Philippe Morelon
Minas Gerais Brazil
Specimen size: 18.5 × 7.3 × 4.5 cm = 7.28” × 2.87” × 1.77”
Price: €390 / US$417 / ¥55360 / AUD$626

XM80EJ: Quartz (variety smoky)

Group of smoky Quartz crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, very lustrous, and with a deep color.
Vorderes Galmihorn, Bächi Valley, Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Wallis (Valais) Switzerland (2010)
Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 5.1 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.69” × 0.63”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

EA87S3: Quartz (variety smoky)

Group of Quartz crystals practically dipyramidal, with a scant development of the prism. They are very bright, rich with inclusions and have very evident “window” growths.
Allos Pass, Allos area, Barcelonette, Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.24” × 1.69”
Price: €260 / US$278 / ¥36900 / AUD$410

DP56AJ5: Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite

Group of smoky Quartz crystals with parallel growths, translucent, bright with red Hematite impregnations in some areas and with polycrystalline Albite growths. The sample is very unusual for both the locality and his shape. It is from the Daunis collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Arola, Comarca Osona, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.39” × 2.20” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 8.4 × 4 cm = 3.31” × 1.57”
Price: €140 / US$149 / ¥19870 / AUD$220

EAL89AP1: Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite

Two good sized Quartz crystals, very sharp, transparent, lustrous, with deep, dark, and uniform smoky tones, associated with small Albite crystals at the base.
Wallis (Valais) Switzerland
Specimen size: 13.1 × 7.6 × 4 cm = 5.16” × 2.99” × 1.57”
Price: €480 / US$513 / ¥68140 / AUD$770

NA47AM7: Quartz (variety smoky) with Albite and Microcline

Very sharp smoky Quartz crystal, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and very intense and uniform smoky tones, on a matrix of Albite and Microcline. From a little-known locality from which very few specimens were preserved, this being one of the best.
Els Saulons Quarry, Bigues i Riells, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 11.1 × 6.7 × 6 cm = 4.37” × 2.64” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 11 × 6.7 cm = 4.33” × 2.64”
Price: €240 / US$256 / ¥34070 / AUD$380

LK91AK2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Epidote

A good example of what is expected of an Alpine fissure Smoky Quartz, for its transparency, intense luster and depth of color. Associated with some small Epidote crystals. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 766), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Pointe des Périades, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (07/2010)
Specimen size: 10.9 × 9.7 × 9.2 cm = 4.29” × 3.82” × 3.62”
Price: €640 / US$685 / ¥90850 / AUD$1020

DC89AJ0: Quartz (variety smoky) with Ferberite

Parallel growth of very sharp Quartz (smoky variety) crystals. They are partially doubly terminated, transparent, very bright, with inclusions, and are on a matrix of crystallized Ferberite with small Pyrite crystals.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region Kazakhstan
Specimen size: 10.3 × 5.4 × 6.8 cm = 4.06” × 2.13” × 2.68”

Main crystal size: 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.46” × 2.24”
Price: €460 / US$492 / ¥65300 / AUD$730

EX76AD2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Hematite inclusions

Single smoky Quartz crystal, transparent, very bright and with a very deep and uniform color, with Hematite inclusions on its terminal faces and with very visible right-handed rhombohedral faces.
Uri Switzerland (1992)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.42” × 1.06”
Price: €180 / US$192 / ¥25550 / AUD$280

9TN37N4: Quartz (variety smoky) with inclusions and Chlorite

Floater group of crystals, all them doubly terminated, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in Chlorite inclusions. Highlight the large number of inclusions of an unknown nature. For specialized collectors in minerals rich in inclusions.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais Brazil (2007)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.31”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 2,0 cm = 2.80”
Price: €170 / US$182 / ¥24130 / AUD$270

SM130DAJ: Quartz (variety smoky) with inclusions and Orthoclase

Group of Quartz crystals (smoky variety), one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, with a normal termination at the lower end and a parallel polycrystalline growth in the upper part. The group, very rich in inclusions, conserves remains of an Orthoclase matrix. The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
(La Cabrera pluton), La Cabrera, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 1.69” × 1.57”
Price: €130 / US$139 / ¥18450 / AUD$200

TC280DGR: Quartz (variety smoky) with Mica and Microcline

Single crystal of Quartz (smoky variety) bright, transparent, with a dense smoky color and with a little bit of Microcline matrix with Mica. 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: 6.5 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 2.56” × 0.79” × 0.63”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

DD16AH2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Microcline

Quartz crystal with very well defined parallel growths, with a very deep smoky color, very bright and with Microcline on the matrix.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
Les Mallorquines, Sils, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.42”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥15610 / AUD$170

NB27AJ5: Quartz (variety smoky) with Microcline

Very well defined smoky Quartz crystals with shades between gray and brown and on matrix with sharp Microcline crystals. From a more or less well-known locality but where only a few samples of this quality were collected.
Can Berenguer Hill, Gualba, Comarca Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain (2015)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 9.5 × 6.6 cm = 5.39” × 3.74” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2 cm = 1.77” × 0.79”
Price: €210 / US$224 / ¥29810 / AUD$330

DL13AH2: Quartz (variety smoky) with Orthoclase

Two partially doubly terminated Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very flattened, with fine superficial recrystallization of the same Quartz, and with parallel growths of Orthoclase crystals.
The Daunis collection was, in the 70’s and the 80’s, a reference for the local prospectors of the Barcelona area.
(La Cabrera pluton), La Cabrera, Comarca Sierra Norte, Community of Madrid Spain (±1970)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.89” × 1.06”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥11350 / AUD$120

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