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6.8 x 6.5 x 1.1 cm. This is a brilliantly lustrous, floater crystal showing exceptional Japan law twinning form. The crystal is complete all around, a floater! It is pristine save for only 3 very tiny dings of no consequence. That little growth divot on one side is just that, and not damage (you can see faces in person). Overall, I cannot imagine a more dramatic Brazilian Japan win in this size range - and in person, it’s quite gemmier and more lustrous than it appears in photos. Quality-wise, I rank it very highly from a number of Brumado pieces I have seen over the years. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
7.8 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm. A stunning, water-clear, diamond-like crystal of just over 1 cm perched in a protected vug in matrix...a classic example of this rare old style of "Carrara Diamond", with an early 1900s Ward’s label to date it. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
5 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm. A superb twinned quartz on matrix from this classic locality showing highly unusual sharpness of form, and the more rare of the Japan law twinning styles which is seldom seen. Very aesthetic, and a superb example crystallographically as well. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
6.4 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm. A simply classic Swiss smoky, but ON MATRIX which is not so common. This is a really well-balanced piece with robust, upright crystals. Notice the chlorite frosting oriented on selected faces, typical of many Swiss quartzes. From the Schortmann's famous Hotel Lexington exhibitions held in NYC yearly, 1952. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
6.4 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm. This is an early Thunder Bay amethyst form the late 1800s, with a Foote label still glued to the bottom 100-plus years later! While broken off matrix, this crystal is complete all around and pristine save a few tiny dings...remarkable for the age of it. This early material has obviously a much deeper and more interesting color than most of what is found there today. Ex. A.E. Foote, Richard Hauck Collection.
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm. A superb, balanced, nearly pristine quartz twin from this classic US locale, ex. George White, Richard Hauck collections. Complete all around save for the tiniest ding on one tip (but better shape than most from this remote locality!).
5.4 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm. A bizarre specimen featuring a druse of sparkly pink rose quartz over a sharply defined, skeletal quartz termination!
This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 25th Jun 2008
9.5 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm. This is a beautiful curving plate of kidney-ore hematite shell, on which is perched sparkling hematite crystals, on which are perched sharp white crystals of bipyramidal quartz (often called beta quartz from this locality, though it is not technically true "beta" quartz form). From the Schortmann's famous Hotel Lexington exhibitions held in NYC yearly, dated 1950 on the back of the label. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
5.0 x 3.5 x 1.0 cm. A really sharp Japan law twin, lustrous and brilliant on the surface, showing a rare "closed" habit rather than the normal splayed-to-the-sides twinning form that is more classic for Brumado. It has a shallow contact on the back edge of one lower face, but is otherwise complete. Outstanding miniature display specimen! Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
8.6 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm. A classic Maine amethyst point, with UNUSUALLY good gemminess and translucency to it for the size. Probably an older specimen, though I have no way to tell. All I can say is that this is MUCH more gemmy and translucent than anything I have seen from here in modern times and it is likely to have been mined prior to 1960, I am told. The bottom is cleaved off but the termination, and the upper surfaces ion display, are all pristine and lustrous and intact all around. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
5.0 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm. One of several really showy, richly included specimens Dick bought from collector Terry Szenics, who found them in Chile in about 2004. This piece has a particularly robust single gem quartz crystal just loaded with minute molybdenites inside. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm. A superb thumbnail, with a large included molybdenite cluster inside! One of the better thumbnails I have seen of the material. One of several really showy, richly included specimens Dick bought from collector Terry Szenics, who found them in Chile in about 2004. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm. A sharp miniature with phantoms quartz points inside outlined by the molybdenite inclusions in the lower portion of the crystal, and minute flecks of molybdenite spread atop as well. One of several really showy, richly included specimens Dick bought from collector Terry Szenics, who found them in Chile in about 2004. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
7.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm. A fairly large crystal as far as this find went, for condition and quality, richly included throughout. One of several really showy, richly included specimens Dick bought from collector Terry Szenics, who found them in Chile in about 2004. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
5.5 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm. One of several really showy, richly included specimens Dick bought from collector Terry Szenics, who found them in Chile in about 2004. This particular miniature is a single robust crystal with the finest, largest molybdenite inclusions I have seen in any example from this find. They are dramatic, shiny, crystallized inclusions to about 8mm in size and are vibrant within the quartz (which is undamaged). Superb example of this rare inclusion! Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
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