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12.1 x 8.3 x 5.3 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 large plate of white the most intensely purple gem crystals of amethyst you can imagine, to 2.5 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 a few break of consequence to peripheral crystals 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. Richard Hauck Collection.
6.4 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm. A stunning, gemmy, intense purple cluster of the most lustrous amethyst from Mexico you can ask for, from a famous find here. These crystals are so gemmy, they look pale in photo because the light runs through and does not capture the grape-juice color they have in person. This piece is particularly good because most are larger, and I have seen few small ones of this caliber. There is a small bit of damage...though just on two peripheral crystals and not to the two major crystals. Ex. Eugene Sensel, Richard Hauck Collections.
9.6 x 6.5 x 6.1 cm. This is a very rare style of quartz where the secondary growth of quartz on the original crystals attached, for some reason, ONLY to three of the prism faces of each previous crystal. The effect is this bizarre style of termination! I had never seen one of these, personally. Interesting to anybody concerned with oddities of quartz growth! Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
10.6 x 10.1 x 8.8 cm. A beautiful roseate cluster of 3 major crystals to 3 inches, , all with incredible glassy lustre (so slick, it looks polished but isn’t!). The color is typical grape-juice color for the locale and pretty rich overall - better in person than it appears here. The piece is not pristine, but the damage is limited to a few small dings (not on the main crystal in any case) and some peripheral contacts at the junction of the crystals. It displays beautifully and is a significant example for the locale. Label dated 1966. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
15.2 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm. A rare Arkansas Japan law twin, and of considerable size, too! I am told that this piece was a famous blunder Dick was proud of, acquired in the 1960s from somebody who did not know the rarity of such things and used to illustrate how an awareness of unusual crystallography could help buy value in minerals. This is VERY significant for the locality, for a US quartz twin of this habit. It is unusually big and fat, for Arkansas twins, as well. The piece is complete both sides and has no damage of note save a small conchoidal bruise on the back of the leftmost termination - a sad fact to be sure, but not visually distracting or significant in context. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
13.4 x 7.2 x 7.0 cm. A really aesthetic and dramatic cluster of amethyst from a most hard-to-get locality today, though it was once known as a European classic some time ago. The color is more purple in person, grading to white - the photo just enhances the white portions for some reason at the expense of the color gradient. This old piece is complete all around and has only trivial wear, miraculously almost pristine. Ex. Richard Hauck, Smithsonian Institution Collections.
13.1 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm. A strange duo where the quartz crystal continued interrupted growth, but that interruption let a permanent barrier set up between the two portions of the crystal and so instead of a phantom, we have a detached "cap" that sits upon the original matrix and earlier crystal growth. REALLY WEIRD things, these! I have seen these bizarre "Russian doll" quartzes before only from a few historic samples out of Cornwall, but this seems a valid example from somewhere else, the first I have seen. The old Lazard Cahn label dates this to 1927-1940, though it probably came to him already in an old collection, one would think. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
12.1 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm. This is a stunning large rutilated quartz in unusually good condition, and with unusally rich inclusions as well. If you hold it up to the light, or backlight it well, you can see not only a rich interior full of rutiles but a whole enclosed "rutile star" spray within, that would make for a very expensive lapidary piece if cut out and polished. These stars usually occur within more clear quartz, but this one has a pleasing smoky hue that adds appeal. There is very minor edge wear to the rear of the termination and some damage on the small sidecar crystal, but the main crystal is otherwise complete. This is an old specimen but even by today's standards , its very good in quality. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
16.1 x 9.5 x 6.8 cm. A superb and unusually large example of quartz that has cast over an original growth of fluorite crystals, known sometimes from Cumberland in association with other things but really quite rare as a large piece like this. Beautiful specimen, complete on both sides! From the Debra Mine. Ex. Clarence S. Bement, Richard Hauck, Smithsonian Institution Collections.
8.1 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm. An interesting and attractive deeply-colored locality piece, though honestly it has severe damage on the right hand side and some dings elsewhere. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
9.5 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm. A simply STUNNING, GEM CLEAR quartz crystal so fine and sharp, that it looks carved. This was mined pre-WWII (judging by the Ward's label) and would have been then and now of a quality among the top percentile. Few quartzes are SO clean and clear, so crisp, and so pristine as this from Arkansas. The clarity must be seen in person to be believed. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
11.3 x 8.3 x 7.4 cm. A really dramatic crystal in good condition, with the best color I have seen from the locality in the grape-juice-colored SHARP termination! This is classic old US material, and seldom seen in crystals of this size as opposed to larger groupings but of smaller crystals. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
9.6 x 8.2 x 5.6 cm. This specimen is an outstanding example of the classic combo you would dream of finding, though - a sharp, razor-edged pyrite cube perched dramatically in the center of a nest of undamaged quartz points. And, its on matrix of pyrite, as well. The pyrite association with quartz is what made this place famous and worth the trouble of going to - and the stark contrast of both form and color is among the more striking combinations in minerals. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
9.5 x 6.4 x 5.3 cm. Matrix pieces from Denny are as rare and desirable, if not more so, than the material from the likewise almost-inaccessible Spruce Claim. This is the best matrix Denny that I have seen for available in probably 10 years. It features not one but FOUR of the classic amethyst sceptres! Only rarely do you get a big plate surviving and coming out in any kind of decent shape. This one is very fine, with all major crystals intact and just some damage to smaller peripheral quartz points. The amethyst caps are all pristine, as well. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
17 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm. This is a rather large sceptre for the locality! And for that matter, I cannot recall seeing amethyst from here, either. It is a bit rough on the lower stalk, but it is still quite significant for the locality. An old specimen probably in the collection or dealer stock (or both) of George English (1864-1944). History aside, its just a really interesting large quartz from a region not known for large quartz - especially not for many amethysts. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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