“Smoky Capped Quartz crystals Locality on label: Usingen, Taunus, BRD The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north-west of Frankfurt and north of Wiesbaden The label possibly dates to the period from 1949 to 1990, during which time Germany was split into the "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" ("West Germany") and the Deutsche Demokratische Republik ("East Germany") Acquired from Jos Andries”