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Tobi
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 Posted: Nov 02, 2020 06:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Another new specimen, alpine quartz from Austria:
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Grieswies, Krumlkeeskopf area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Zell am See District, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 11,5 cm |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2020 09:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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This is really a beautiful quartz crystal! I like it!
Stay healthy!
Volkmar
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2020 13:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Volkmar Stingl wrote: | This is really a beautiful quartz crystal! I like it!
Stay healthy! Volkmar |
Thank you Volkmar, I like it too. As I'm focusing more and more on quartz, this water-clear beauty is a great addition to my alpine suite of rock crystal and smoky quartz.
The next addition is - what a surprise - a quartz again ;-) A large crystalline artwork from Baia Sprie / Romania, I love it not only for its size but also for the small horizontal crystal atop and the fully terminated base:
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Shaft 5, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen height 14 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 17, 2020 12:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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The latest addition ... an alpine quartz again:
| Mineral: | Quartz, Chlorite |
| Locality: | | Tiefen Glacier, Galenstock Mountain, Realp, Uri, Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 17,5 cm, largest quartz 7 cm |
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| Mineral: | Quartz, Chlorite |
| Locality: | | Tiefen Glacier, Galenstock Mountain, Realp, Uri, Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 17,5 cm, largest quartz 7 cm |
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| Photo © previous owner Markus Rosenkranz |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 17, 2020 12:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| A large and aesthetic alpine quartz again. Are you on the road to specialize in such a kind of specimens? They are very nice but quite expensive too. I do know how difficult it is to extract them from the clefts where they usually are. Congratulations!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 17, 2020 16:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | A large and aesthetic alpine quartz again. Are you on the road to specialize in such a kind of specimens? They are very nice but quite expensive too. I do know how difficult it is to extract them from the clefts where they usually are. Congratulations! |
Hi Carles,
thanks for your appreciation of the specimen, I'm glad you like it. And yes, I'm on the road to somehow specialize in quartz. I will for sure continue to collect other minerals like fluorite or galena or in general minerals from Germany, but quartz with all its different shapes and habits and colours and combinations with other minerals has become more and more my main focus during the last years. I would say this focus is on quartz from world-wide localities, but specimens from The Alps are something I learned to appreciate more and more. Maybe because of what you mentioned, the often long and dangerous way from a cleft in the high mountains to us collectors ...
And no, not that expensive in that case. The Tiefen Glacier specimen comes from a fellow collector in Austria who demanded a more than fair price :-) But you are right, usually such specimens are quite expensive on the regular market. But it's the same with other fine minerals, no matter if you collect alpine quartzes, world-wide aesthetic stuff, Tsumeb rarities, Weardale fluorites, German classics or whatever, the prices are getting higher and higher. The more a collector can be glad to find a really good specimen for a smaller price as I did with that wonderful quartz plate from the legendary Tiefen Glacier :-)
Best regards
Tobi
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2020 05:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | The latest addition ... an alpine quartz again |
Tobi, if you ever get bored (but I guess you never will), I encourage you to shoot new photos of the alpine quartz in other positions.
According to the prominent collector Steve Smale:
The "horizon", where the upper ridge of the overall specimen meets the "sky", is the most crucial part of the specimen. The eye first meets the mineral on its horizon; thus damage-free sharply crystallized faces, particularly in this area, are the gold standard.(...).
From the book The Smale Collection. Beauty in Natural Crystals.
You would have some more impressive photos of your excellent specimen.
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Dany Mabillard
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2020 12:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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Hello Tobi,
Very beautiful specimen. Have a nice evening.
Dany.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2020 13:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | Tobi, if you ever get bored (but I guess you never will), I encourage you to shoot new photos of the alpine quartz in other positions.
According to the prominent collector Steve Smale:The "horizon", where the upper ridge of the overall specimen meets the "sky", is the most crucial part of the specimen. The eye first meets the mineral on its horizon; thus damage-free sharply crystallized faces, particularly in this area, are the gold standard.(...). From the book The Smale Collection. Beauty in Natural Crystals.
You would have some more impressive photos of your excellent specimen. |
Thanks for your suggestion, Carles. You are right, the photos of the Tiefen Glacier quartz could be better, maybe I'll try to do my own ones. But I often struggled to make good photos of quartzes, my favourite mineral is not the easiest one to shoot. But maybe I'll try and if there's a good result, I will show it ;-)
| Dany Mabillard wrote: | Hello Tobi,
Very beautiful specimen. Have a nice evening.
Dany. |
Hi Dany, thank you - have a nice evening too :-)
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2020 14:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Thanks for your suggestion, Carles. You are right, the photos of the Tiefen Glacier quartz could be better, maybe I'll try to do my own ones. But I often struggled to make good photos of quartzes, my favourite mineral is not the easiest one to shoot. But maybe I'll try and if there's a good result, I will show it ;-) |
Change the position in a way that the crystals of quartz are at the top and their background is anything but the specimen itself, according to the advice of Smale - the "horizon" that he was talking about, the crucial point where the eyes of the seer are caught at first sight. I believe that that kind of quartz being a bit less transparent than usual must be more photogenic.
Good luck!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2020 10:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Change the position in a way that the crystals of quartz are at the top and their background is anything but the specimen itself, according to the advice of Smale - the "horizon" that he was talking about, the crucial point where the eyes of the seer are caught at first sight. I believe that that kind of quartz being a bit less transparent than usual must be more photogenic. Good luck! |
You're right, less transparent and partly chlorite coated quartz is much easier to photograph than transparent rock crystal. Maybe I'll try some photos and if they are really worth showing, I'll present them.
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Tobi
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 19, 2020 11:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Tobi wrote: | | You're right, less transparent and partly chlorite coated quartz is much easier to photograph than transparent rock crystal. Maybe I'll try some photos and if they are really worth showing, I'll present them. |
And don't forget to choose the right position, the horizon.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2020 07:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | You're right, less transparent and partly chlorite coated quartz is much easier to photograph than transparent rock crystal. Maybe I'll try some photos and if they are really worth showing, I'll present them. |
And don't forget to choose the right position, the horizon. |
Though the chlorite coated quartz wasn't that easy to shoot, here's an attempt with horizon:
| Mineral: | Quartz, Chlorite |
| Locality: | | Tiefen Glacier, Galenstock Mountain, Realp, Uri, Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 17,5 cm, largest quartz 7 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2020 08:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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| I think it's much better, isn't it?
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 30, 2020 09:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
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It is, Carles, though I'm not satisfied with my photo quality in general.
The next addition shows its "horizon" quite well and the photo is much much better (thanks to the better photo equipment and skills of Rudi Watzl from Austria from whom I got this specimen), another superb alpine quartz:
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Vals Valley, Vals, Surselva Region, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 11 cm |
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