Quartz specimens from the Swiss Alps

Updated as of January 2012

Our inventory of Swiss minerals is increasing every month and among the most varied in Switzerland.
Due to excellent relations with many Strahlers for sometimes more than 40 years, you buy directly from the source.
Keep us in mind for all your needs involving high quality smoky quartz, gwindels and the rare pink fluorites!

Depending on the find situation, our selection changes frequently because demand is always high.
So even if many pieces here may be marked "sold", we often have similar specimens in stock.

June 1 through 17, 2012: Big special exhibit on Alpine minerals: Outstanding quartz specimens and much more! In our main store in Aathal.

Preview: A new find of outstanding quartz (light smoky color) form the Cavradi Gorge will be on sale at our big show on Alpine rocks in June! Points, clusters and many gwindels!
Immensely showy gwindel from Goescheneralp, Uri. Great luster and clarity as well as size. Affordable because of some damage on the back side to the right (not obvious from front side). A real treat for any showcase. 9.5x10 cms (approx. 4x4"). CHF 2700. Dark (almost true morion) and lustrous smoky quartz cluster from Mittagstock, Uri. A piece like this shows why Swiss quartzes are popular around the world. 16 cms (6,5") wide, CHF 1680.
     




Rare: Quartz scepter from Grimsel with a bit of amethyst color on the sceptered growth. 6x9 cms (approx. 2,5x3,5"); CHF 595.-

Smoky quartz and a hematite blade on matrix. A very interesting piece from the classic Cavradi Gorge locality in Grisons (Graubuenden). 12x12 cms (5x5"); SOLD

Large specimen with light colored smoky quartz from Goescheneralp, Uri. 20x32 cms (8"x13"); CHF 1200.-

 

White adularia and light smoky quartz on matrix. Nice piece from the Val Cavrein, Graubünden. 13x20 cms, CHF 350.-  
Yes, we do have a nice selection of pink fluorites from different localities! Please contact us for details.

Large and nice, light smoky colored quartz specimen. From Goescheneralp, Uri. 12x30 cms (5"x12") ; low price: CHF 650.-

Unusual specimen: large point of almost white quartz with a slightly amethyst-colored tip. Length 21 cms (8.5"), from Oberaar, Berne. CHF 480.- 		 
...and much more


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