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11.4 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm. A VERY RICH and showy CABINET specimen of an elongate ribbon-like vein of 3-dimensional, platy gold crystals resting on crystallized milky quartz on massive milky quartz on this EXCELLENT specimen from historic Rosia Montana, Romania. The gold crystals are a rich, mellow yellow color that is unique to Rosia Montana. Outstanding material for a mine that was worked by the Romans. This is undoubtedly old material probably from the 1800s though no way to prove it. To Elling through Harvard and Phil Scalisis collections, I am told verbally. Ex. Goerge Elling Collection.
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm. Olive-green microcrystals of zanazziite are beautifully peppered on a gorgeous mounded matrix of glassy rose quartz crystals and supremely accented by a small comb of brown eosphorite blades on the middle, left side.
15.5 x 12.5 x 3.8 cm. A sculptural and beautiful LARGE CABINET-sized chalcedony "rose" from near Deming, New Mexico! I love the drape-like or rope-like fringe around the bull’s-eyes in the center. The fringe looks like frosting on a cake. The translucent chalcedony is a pleasing, very light pastel-pink and has moderate lime-green fluorescence. This aesthetic specimen was self-collected by Don Moore of Las Cruces, New Mexico in 2001 and is from the Stoudt Collection.
7.8 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm. This specimen is a very important old classic for amethyst, and a scarcely seen item in even the most prominent old collections. It consists of a plate of white quartz on rock matrix, upon which are the most intensely purple gem crystals of amethyst you can imagine, to 2 cm. This is, however, a really good example in that it is aesthetic, and not just representative. It is not pristine, but is nearly so with only one break of consequence to a crystal and a few minor dings otherwise (and probably is 120-plus years old, so you should give a little leniency!). Consider that at one time these were the BEST purple amethyst crystals for the collector in the world, for overall quality, and a treasured few specimens commanded their weight in gold at the time. Before the discovery of the Mexican and Bolivian crystals, after all, where would you get such beautiful and intense amethyst of this quality? Ex. Clarence S. Bement, Richard Hauck, Smithsonian Institution Collections.
7.8 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm. Beautiful Swiss smoky quartz gwindel. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
5 x 5 x 3 cm. Bill Sanborn's collection was noted for an extensive suite of Asian minerals, and this is as superb a specimen for the classic old Korean amethysts as any I have seen. It is a very aesthetic, balanced, choice miniature, complete all around. There is a minor ding in each termination, but it still displays very nicely, I think, and the balance of the piece distracts the eye from the two admitted dings atop (though reduce the price, they must!). Interestingly, the crystals are slightly included by goethite, according to the label. Visually, the stunning translucent gem purple sceptres contrast markedly with the stalks...again, a true classic example for this locality, just like what you would see in old books. Ex. Dr. William Sanborn, Richard Hauck Collections.
Miniature. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
Miniature. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
8.0 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm. An exceptional specimen that has to be more rutile than quartz, given the incredible quantity of rutiles inside. I don't think I have ever seen such an infested quartz specimen (infested? invested?) from this locality. Especially when backlit, it glows with color. The crystal is a complete floater all around and pristine save only for a small divot out of one bottom edge on the backside. The shape of the crystal is unusual in that it appears somewhat pseudo-cubic in form, not as prismatic as normally you would expect (and especially from this local where all tend to have the same habit). I am not normally big on these, but this one is VERY special and dramatic! Ex. Dr. Eugene Sensel, Richard Hauck Collections.
7.5 x 6.1 x 2.7 cm. These original Japanese quartzes from which Japan law twinning was described initially are old classics of the late 1800s and early 1900s, rarely seen for sale in sizable specimens of quality today! It is, sadly, damaged on both on the lower-left side on and just past the prismatic associate crystal’s termination; as well as with a slight cleave on the back of the other termination (not seen from front). Still, overall, this is a superbly aesthetic, dramatic piece for Japan, with elegant display. Given this, and the historic importance of the piece, I can live with a little damage so long as the eye doesn't go right to it (which it does not). The old Frederick Canfield label dates this to 1914, though it probably came to him already in an old collection as these came out even in the late 1800s, one would think. Ex. Frederick A. Canfield, Richard Hauck Collections.
6.6 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm. An exceptional and rare CLUSTER of rutilated quartzes - so often found in singles or in damaged and unwieldy clunky clusters. This one, though, is among the brightest, showiest examples I have seen AND is a good size for the collector (as Sensel agreed with, writing "exceptional" on his label when he appraised the collection in 1990). This piece is nearly pristine, with just a few small "kisses" or dings on some crystal tips....but they go unnoticed amidst the crazy geometry of the rutile inclusions and the lustre, unless you look very closely. Especially when backlit, the piece glows with color. I am not normally big on these, but this one is VERY special and dramatic! I have seldom seen a cluster of this material I love, perhaps just a few pieces in the last 20 years? Ex. Dr. Eugene Sensel, Richard Hauck collections.
11.5 x 5.2 x 3.0 cm. A strange Japanese quartz, showing a clear and dramatic faden line down the middle more characteristic of alpine quartzes than anything I have seen from Japan before. In fact, I have never seen a Japanese faden of any quality before. This one was probably found before they had described the phenomenon, and erroneously labeled as a "distorted twin". It is miraculously one of the best-preserved old Japanese quartzes from this locality that I have seen, and has no damage save only a small nick at the bottom. Otherwise, it is pristine and complete all around! The Allan Crunden Collection was one of the major collections on the East Coast of the mid-1900s. Ex. Allan Crunden, Richard Hauck Collections.
8.1 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm. This is a darned good Ellenville quartz anyways: doubly-terminated, pristine, and complete all around! Old classic locality! Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
9.0 x 5.6 x 3.6 cm. A strange quartz specimen that seems to have beta-quartz shaped smoky crystals, on matrix with little green fluorites. These smokies are REALLY dark, opaque, and strikingly sharp. The contrast on the green is interesting, too. Never seen one like it, myself. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
7.4 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm. Another bizarre quartz, in a collection full of oddities! This one has a sceptre growth that is more like a "cap" of milky quartz overtopping a GEM smoky quartz crystal. On their own, boring singles. Together, the contrast is really striking. Said to be from George Kunz to a collector whose collection Hauck acquired long ago (which had other Kunz attributions as well, and I believe it). Ex. Ernest Weidhass, George Kunz, Richard Hauck Collections.
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