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Mineral Specimens with Quartz
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9.1 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm. A pristine crystal of smoky quartz, with a silky luster, decorated all the way around with small, gemmy and FLASHY red-orange spessartine garnets!
4.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm. This is a quite a rare U.S. quartz specimen, a polished crystal of quartz shot through with acicular stibnite and cervantite crystals, from the Trinity Mountains in Nevada. Here is what is on the back side of the old label: "Bought on Feb. 17, 1950. An exceptional example of a rare, hard-to-get item, the exact locality of which no one seems to know and which has been kept a deep secret)." Love this description! Later it appears the question was answered (on the other side of the label - which shows the specimen to have first been in the collection of Mitch Gunnell, and then passed to a collector named Robert Roote, author of the quote above). Anyway, a fascinating specimen that even most quartz collectors probably do not have in their collections! Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
5.8 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm. A DRAMATIC sceptre from a highly desirable U.S. locality (Chester County), from where it is hard to get good specimens! On the tip of a smoky quartz crystal has grown this complex cap, a compound crystal intergrown with a separate tabular crystal, which under good light has this nice purple and smoky glow from the interior. A great find for a quartz collector! Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm. The pic gives you a pretty good look at the flashiness and architectural beauty of these flattened, spinel-twinned galena crystals - ranked attractively in tiers, with quartz crystals intermixed. A fine Eastern European example of spinel twinning in galena, in a nice small cab size.
5.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm. There is no subtlety about the phantom inside this transparent quartz crystal: It is just as clear and sharp as it could possibly be (and a LOT more sharply defined in person than the pic shows)! Two smaller crystals formed and were coated with green chlorite, then were engulfed by later growth and are now encased in the clear outer crystal. Wow! Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
5.8 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm. This Las Vigas mini has SO much going for it. First, overall aesthetics - the three crystals are artfully arranged on just the merest shard of matrix, in a pretty fan. Secondly, they are wonderfully gemmy, with the transparent purple blush that makes these so famous. And finally, all three crystals are SCEPTRES, which makes them all the more special. Those are little natural etch pits in the terminations. Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
8.5 x 6.9 x 5.5 cm. A tight cluster of quartz crystals given a rusty-red tint from inclusions of hematite, and a surface sparkle from microcrystals of calcite. From Russia - ex. J.R. Glover collection. Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
5.4 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm. We have been bringing you some really fine Bulgarian galenas of different forms. This is a classic modified cube, with a gorgeous metallic sheen to it - on a matrix of pyrite and quartz crystals that accent it beautifully.
4.4 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm. Brandberg amethysts are always special, but particularly when they sit nicely on matrix (since most are standalone crystals). This is such an elegant mini, with a single, superb crystal jutting up alone from a carefully-trimmed matrix. It has the wonderful purple Brandberg "blush" and gemminess to it. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
11.4 x 9.5 x 6.1 cm. This is a BIG specimen of classic Thunder Bay amethyst, richly included with the hematite that gives these their distinctive mix of purple with rusty red. These crystals measure to over 4 cm across - they are really chunky! This is an old-timer, with a very old-looking collection label that labels it as "ferruginous quartz". Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen. OLD material, unusual in this aspect and size now.
5.9 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm. Do not let the flood of prehnites from Mali make you jaded about good ones from other localities - such as this one from China, not known for quantities of good prehnites. This translucent, light green one is cradled beautifully in a matrix of epidote and epidote-included quartz crystals. The prehnite ball measures just under 3 cm.
7.9 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm. A fine fluorite specimen from a locality that has not produced specimens in any quantity, compared to other Chinese fluorite localities. The larger crystal here is a modified cube, just over 2 cm across, with bevels at the edges and thousands of tiny micro stepped faces that give the crystal a silky surface. A smaller version of the crystal sits nearby. The matrix is small, milky quartz crystals on massive quartz.
9.9 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm. A very rare TRIPLE-PHANTOM quartz crystal from Arkansas, with both internal phantoms clearly visible! What happened here is that a crystal formed and terminated, then was engulfed by another crystal that also completed and terminated - then it happened twice more - so now you have a crystal-in-crystal-in-crystal-in-crystal! FABULOUS and so interesting!
12.9 x 12.5 x 10.2 cm. Arkansas quartz can still hardly be rivaled for quality, and though it is abundant in plates of modest crystals, the really good specimens with large, glassy clear crystals and fine aesthetics are not to be taken lightly. This specimen features two very large and VERY fine crystals, of "optical quartz" quality, RAZOR sharpness and glassy luster. The larger of the two measures 13 cm tall and 5 cm across. What is best is how the two crystals cross each other at an angle to form such a stunning specimen from an aesthetic standpoint. Tiny tip ding just under the tip of one of the two big crystals that is pretty insignificant in context of the size of this specimen. This one was good enough to be in the Hauck Collection. Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
4.1 x 2.9 x 0.8 cm. A killer mini of Vera Cruz amethyst, with a wonderful light purple blush and gemminess - the four crystals pointing out in all directions from the central point from which they grew. LIGHTER COLOR in person - camera made the purple more intense than it is in reality. Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
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