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ex. Richard Hauck
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ex. Richard Hauck
A polished section of a rutilated quartz crystal showing unusually individual and robust rutile crystals within. From the Cliff Awald Collection(he wrote a pamphlet about inclusions in quartz in the mid-1950s for the Buffalo Museum of Science).
ex. Richard Hauck
For aestehtics, matrix association, color and contrast, I was shocked to see htis was a NC amethyst. The crystals, which reach 2.7 cm, are sharp and equant. They have great color, lustre and translucence (more so in person). The cluster is perched dramatically, complete all around, and undamaged save for on eminiscule ding on the back of one single crystal of the group.
ex. Richard Hauck
Hauck loved Arkansas quartz, who doesn't, but how to find exceptional ones amidst the crowd? Here is another killer cluster , complete all around, with a dominant gem crystal of total perfeection. It has an old Wards label, dating it to the early-1900s to maybe the 1940s. It is RAZOR sharp and clear, and is so good it looks carved. Yes, the stuff is technically sold by the pound in lower quality, but a piece like this is still once in a blue moon and NEVER sold in recent years except at a premium. In fact, they are cheaper now than at the height of the crystal healing boom of the mid 1980s when quartz was worth its weight in gold. This piece is also technically a floater, having broken off from an attachment on the bottom and rehealed/recrystallized on that bototm so it shows faces all around. This is THAT good...
ex. Richard Hauck
An unusually large specimen for the district to begin with, showing a pale amethyst sceptre sitting right there atop an unlikely perch of doubly-terminated quartz crystals. Complete all around, a floater!
ex. Richard Hauck
Brilliant, gemmy, INTENSELY LUSTROUS crystals to 3 cm, are perched atop a thin plate of quartz matrix. This is an extremely good specimenfor the locality in that the crystals are the best possible lustre and brightness, the piece is pristine, and the overall sparkly look of it is impactful more so than most. Several central 3-cm crystals are doubly-terminated. In person it is much brighter and prettier than on this screen.
ex. Richard Hauck
CABINET, 10.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm CABINET, 10.5 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm An oddball set for those into quartz growth habits, showing a really unlikely break-heal-repair in the first case; naturally repaired with an off-center break. The second specimen is a 9 cm doubly-terminated quartz grown atop an equally unlikely perch as the quartz regrowth shown above: a single small calcite crystal from which it leaps up vertically. The third specimen is a plain old doubly-termianted quartz, all from the same locale.
ex. Richard Hauck
So-called "solution quartz" from this quarry is supposed to be the best of its type. Solution growth of quartz here produced specimens of a unique brightness and surface sparkle, long prized. I think the moniker has to do with the fact the xls tend to be intergrown with many others in jackstraw groups which are not attached to matrix: The unlikely-looking floater status of these delicate groups thus reflects the fact they were in solution rather than deposited onto country rock. Today, mining of these specimens is done only by (risky) diving using scuba equipment, last I heard. I have not seen any good ones turn up fresh since the 1980s, as well. This specimen is a particularly rich cluster of solution quartz with a dominant crystal ending iin multifaceted terminations. It is mesmerizing, in its complexity at the micro level. And, it happens to be beautiful on a big scale, too! Complete all around, 360 degrees, this specimen is COVERED with crystals. Classic US material, hard to find... According to MinDat: A quarry located at Jeffrey near North Little Rock. Features 3 large, open cuts, now flooded. A rock quarry in Jackfork Sandstone. Started in the 1950's and operated through the 1960's. Reopened in the 1970's for specimens.
ex. Richard Hauck
A very rare specimen from this famous find that has become an American icon of collecting, this is a rather unusual cluster for the locality. Most are short and squat single crystals, whereas here we have some degree of elegance! It has a slight ding, almost unnoticeable , on the back bottom-left of the sceptre, and is contacted in back; or it would be treble the price. Still, it displays well and is an iconic American piece to own and treasure.
ex. Richard Hauck
A very rare specimen from this famous find that has become an American icon of collecting, this is a rather large example for the locality. In fact, its the longest single sceptre I have seen for sale. Most are short and squat. It has a slight ding, almost unnoticeable , on the back left of the termination , or it would be treble the price. Still, it displays well and is an iconic American piece to own and treasure.
ex. Richard Hauck
This weird specimen of intergrown crystals seems to be a legitimate beta-quartz crystal habit, at least that is what it looks like! However it is not, for some technical reasons. They are pretty rare these old New York things. It has half a dozen interconnected crystals of sharp habit , that look like beta quartz I have seen from Dalnegorsk. Minute inclusions are probably hematite. Ugly but interesting...Label on back is from Neal Yedlin collection.
ex. Richard Hauck
A beautiful sparkling specimen with little quartz druse over pink rhodochrosite, and a small selenite crystal cluster for accent. Unusual old material, scarce on the market!
ex. Richard Hauck
This old mine, which hit its heyday in the 1960s I am told, produced some superb amethysts that are today scarce in collections and on the market. This is a classic style, with intense gemmy amethyst atop a gem smoky quartz point. It is a beautiful display piece, complete but for one minuscule ding on the back of the termination that you cannot even visually see. Its a VERY striking contrast!
ex. Richard Hauck
This old mine, which hit its heyday in the 1960s I am told, produced some superb amethysts that are today scarce in collections and on the market. This is a classic style, with intense gemmy amethyst atop a gem smoky quartz point. It is unusual however , in the complexity fo the amethyst clustered atop like a castle on a mountain! It is a beautiful display piece, complete all around!
ex. Richard Hauck
Your basic, textbook smoky quartz GEM crystal, totally read-through in clarity, from the most classic of all Alpine locales in SWitzerland! Old Ward's label dates it to the mid 1900s or earlier, perhaps. Complete all around, it is a beauty at a fair price for such a superlative crystal point. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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