Reinhard Dallinger's Photo Gallery
AD6-27QChrysocolla Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1 , Quartz SiO2
Dimensions: 6 cm x 5 cm
Intense blue balls of chrysocolla (largest ball 1.7 cm) encrusted by quartz with some malachite on gossan matrix. Ex Terry Szenics collection. Purchased in 2013.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
L14-DXHElbaite Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) , Lepidolite, Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Dimensions: 13 cm x 8 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 cm
Multicolour slender elbaite crystals on a matrix with light pink lepidolite and little transparent albite crystals. This is a rather rare example of a presentable elbaite specimen from the Córrego do Limoeiro claim, from which normally some nice blue topaz crystals and also aquamarines have been known. Purchased in 2002. The specimen was on display in the special exhibition of tourmalines during the Munich Mineral Show 2003. Published in Extra-Lapis No. 40 (Brasilien), Christian Weise Verlag, München (2011), p. 68.
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Jeff Scovil photo
VN2-QM9Fluorite CaF2 , Clinochlore Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Dimensions: 7 cm x 6 cm x 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 7 cm
Cluster of intense pink fluorite crystals (intact floater aggregate) included by dark green chlorite (most probably clinochlore) in a phantom-like fashion. Very aesthetic and impressive specimen with a size of 7 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm and an edge length of the major crystal of up to 4.5 cm. Found in the Planggenstock area by the Swiss Strahlers Franz von Arx and Elio Müller. Acquired 2012. The specimen was on display by the former owner during the Munich Mineral Show 2009 (Alpine Minerals Section). Published in Extra-Lapis No. 44 (Uri), Chistian Weise Verlag, München (2013), p. 54.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
NY7-V1AVivianite Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2·8H2O , Siderite FeCO3
Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm
Dark blue-green vivianite crystal cluster of rarely seen elegant architecture with attached siderite matrix. Also attached to the cluster is a small ludlamite crystal on the back side of the specimen. Obtained by exchange from Anton Watzl Senior in 1999.
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Jeff Scovil photo
YL6-6Q3Rhodochrosite MnCO3 , Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz (Var: Chalcedony) SiO2
Dimensions: 7.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 cm
Isolated bright red rhodochrosite crystal with little fluorite sitting amid a cream-coloured yellowish basis which consists mainly of chalcedony. The grey gossan-like matrix is heavy and may contain manganese oxides. Purchased in 1995. Ex-Ulrike and Rudolf Buchner collection. A picture of this crystal is published in an advertising insert of the show catalogue of the Munich Mineral Show 1991, on page 119.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
884-JFFQuartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO2
Dimensions: 17.5 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm
Completely transparent smoky quartz crystal with a warm light brownish tone, as typical for many Swiss smoky quartz crystals. The transparency and overall quality of this crystal reminds to me the historically recorded exports of excellent Swiss quartz crystals to Italy in the late middle age and Renaissance epoches, where the crystals were cut by italian artisans to create famous glyptic artworks for European royal courts. The crystal was found by the Swiss Strahlers Franz von Arx and Elio Müller in the Planggenstock area. Purchased in 2012.
The crystal was on display by the former owner during the Munich Mineral show 2009 in the Alpine Minerals Section. Published in Extra-Lapis No. 44 (Uri), Chistian Weise Verlag, München (2013), p. 53.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
GDP-A3TChrysoberyl BeAl2O4
Dimensions: 7 cm x 6.5 cm x 4.3 cm
Bright chrysoberyl crystal cluster with large triple twins, showing a pleasant yellow-green colour, high-glossy and partially gemmy. It may be one of the largest chrysoberyl crystals of such a high quality in existence from Pancas, located in the Brasilian State of Espírito Santo. Ex-Hubert de Monmonier collection, Ex University of Arizona. Obtained through exchange in 2012.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
R1M-MTKAnalcime Na(AlSi2O6)·H2O , Apophyllite Group AB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
Dimensions: 11 cm x 9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 5 cm
Cluster of deltoidal icositetrahedric crystals of analcime with some attached apophyllite. This is a typical and pleasant piece of whitish to light flesh-coloured analcime crystals with pearly luster, as they were found years ago in the so-called "Frommer Lahn" locality of the Siusi Alp (Italian: Alpe di Siusi; German: Seiseralm) at the edge of the Dolomite mountains, South Tyrol, Italy. The specimen was found in the 1970s by the local mineral collector Herbert Holzknecht (now deceased). Obtained from his collection in 2003.
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Anton Watzl Sen. photo
LYD-UHFHematite (Var: Iron Rose) Fe2O3 , Muscovite KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Dimensions: 13 cm x 12 cm x 8 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 8 cm
Dominant black lustrous hematite aggregate (iron rose) with some minor iron roses on a gneiss matrix with clusters of greenish-silvery muscovite flakes and isolted little quartz crystals. Found in 2004 by an Austrian Strahler and mineral collector in a large alpine cleft in the Mörchner Kar locality in Zillertal, Tyrol, Austria. Apart from the present piece, the vug contained a dozen of additional, high-quality iron roses too, some of them up to 18 cm tall. This find is considered today as one of the most significant discoveries of Zillertal iron roses ever made. Purchased in 2004. The specimen was on display in the "European Classics" exhibition during the Munich Mineral Show 2011.
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Christian Hager photo
164-K2GElbaite Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) , Quartz SiO2 , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Dimensions: 11 cm x 8 cm x 7.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 11 cm
Subparallel cluster of two dominant double-ended multicoloured elbaite crystals with green caps and some minor crystals on a completely crystallized matrix with a bi-terminated quartz crystal and curved tabular clusters of albite crystals. Very imporessive specimen, obtained from the young Marcus Budil in 1991. This specimen is pictured in Eberhard Equit's famous work "The world's Mineral Master Pieces", 2002, page 159. It was on display in the special exhibition of tourmalines during the Munich Mineral Show 2003. It was also on display in the special exhibition of minerals and gems from the Himalaya mountain range during the Munich Mineral Show 2007.
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Jeff Scovil photo
