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RHQTZ-80 - Amethyst sceptre on Quartz - $ 750 SOLD Duquesne (Washington Camp), Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA cabinet, 11.5 x 5 x 2.4 cm ex. Richard Hauck
An unusually large specimen for the district to begin with, showing a pale amethyst sceptre sitting right there atop an unlikely perch of doubly-terminated quartz crystals. Complete all around, a floater!
RHQTZ-81 - Quartz var. Amethyst - $ 1250 Piedras Parado, Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico small cabinet, 9.6 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm ex. Richard Hauck
Brilliant, gemmy, INTENSELY LUSTROUS crystals to 3 cm, are perched atop a thin plate of quartz matrix. This is an extremely good specimenfor the locality in that the crystals are the best possible lustre and brightness, the piece is pristine, and the overall sparkly look of it is impactful more so than most. Several central 3-cm crystals are doubly-terminated. In person it is much brighter and prettier than on this screen.
RHQTZ-82A - Quartz (set of 3 pieces) - $ 400 SOLD Black Rapids, near Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada cabinet, 10.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm ex. Richard Hauck
CABINET, 10.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm CABINET, 10.5 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm An oddball set for those into quartz growth habits, showing a really unlikely break-heal-repair in the first case; naturally repaired with an off-center break. The second specimen is a 9 cm doubly-terminated quartz grown atop an equally unlikely perch as the quartz regrowth shown above: a single small calcite crystal from which it leaps up vertically. The third specimen is a plain old doubly-termianted quartz, all from the same locale.
RHQTZ-83 - Quartz var. "Solution Quartz" - $ 900 Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA small cabinet, 9.4 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm ex. Richard Hauck
So-called "solution quartz" from this quarry is supposed to be the best of its type. Solution growth of quartz here produced specimens of a unique brightness and surface sparkle, long prized. I think the moniker has to do with the fact the xls tend to be intergrown with many others in jackstraw groups which are not attached to matrix: The unlikely-looking floater status of these delicate groups thus reflects the fact they were in solution rather than deposited onto country rock. Today, mining of these specimens is done only by (risky) diving using scuba equipment, last I heard. I have not seen any good ones turn up fresh since the 1980s, as well. This specimen is a particularly rich cluster of solution quartz with a dominant crystal ending iin multifaceted terminations. It is mesmerizing, in its complexity at the micro level. And, it happens to be beautiful on a big scale, too! Complete all around, 360 degrees, this specimen is COVERED with crystals. Classic US material, hard to find... According to MinDat: A quarry located at Jeffrey near North Little Rock. Features 3 large, open cuts, now flooded. A rock quarry in Jackfork Sandstone. Started in the 1950's and operated through the 1960's. Reopened in the 1970's for specimens.
RHQTZ-84 - Amethyst sceptre on Quartz - $ 600 SOLD Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA miniature, 5.3 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm ex. Richard Hauck
A very rare specimen from this famous find that has become an American icon of collecting, this is a rather unusual cluster for the locality. Most are short and squat single crystals, whereas here we have some degree of elegance! It has a slight ding, almost unnoticeable , on the back bottom-left of the sceptre, and is contacted in back; or it would be treble the price. Still, it displays well and is an iconic American piece to own and treasure.
RHQTZ-85 - Amethyst sceptre on Quartz - $ 400 Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA small cabinet, 6.9 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm ex. Richard Hauck
A very rare specimen from this famous find that has become an American icon of collecting, this is a rather large example for the locality. In fact, its the longest single sceptre I have seen for sale. Most are short and squat. It has a slight ding, almost unnoticeable , on the back left of the termination , or it would be treble the price. Still, it displays well and is an iconic American piece to own and treasure.
RHQTZ-86 - Quartz - SOLD Fowler, New York, USA miniature, 4.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm ex. Richard Hauck
This weird specimen of intergrown crystals seems to be a legitimate beta-quartz crystal habit, at least that is what it looks like! However it is not, for some technical reasons. They are pretty rare these old New York things. It has half a dozen interconnected crystals of sharp habit , that look like beta quartz I have seen from Dalnegorsk. Minute inclusions are probably hematite. Ugly but interesting...Label on back is from Neal Yedlin collection.
RHQTZ-87 - Quartz on Rhodochrosite - $ 150 SOLD Zacatecas, Mexico miniature, 5.3 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm ex. Richard Hauck
A beautiful sparkling specimen with little quartz druse over pink rhodochrosite, and a small selenite crystal cluster for accent. Unusual old material, scarce on the market!
RHQTZ-88 - Amethyst sceptre on Smoky Quartz - $ 400 SOLD Pohndorf mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA miniature, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm ex. Richard Hauck
This old mine, which hit its heyday in the 1960s I am told, produced some superb amethysts that are today scarce in collections and on the market. This is a classic style, with intense gemmy amethyst atop a gem smoky quartz point. It is a beautiful display piece, complete but for one minuscule ding on the back of the termination that you cannot even visually see. Its a VERY striking contrast!
RHQTZ-89 - Amethyst sceptre on Smoky Quartz - $ 250 SOLD Pohndorf mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA miniature, 5.7 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm ex. Richard Hauck
This old mine, which hit its heyday in the 1960s I am told, produced some superb amethysts that are today scarce in collections and on the market. This is a classic style, with intense gemmy amethyst atop a gem smoky quartz point. It is unusual however , in the complexity fo the amethyst clustered atop like a castle on a mountain! It is a beautiful display piece, complete all around!
RHQTZ-90 - Quartz var. Smoky Quartz - $ 250 SOLD St. Gothard, Switzerland small cabinet, 8.2 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm ex. Richard Hauck
Your basic, textbook smoky quartz GEM crystal, totally read-through in clarity, from the most classic of all Alpine locales in SWitzerland! Old Ward's label dates it to the mid 1900s or earlier, perhaps. Complete all around, it is a beauty at a fair price for such a superlative crystal point.
RHQTZ-91 - Amethyst - $ 750 Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico miniature, 4.7 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm ex. Richard Hauck
Purchased form thhe Zewibels in 1970 for $225, this would have ranked quite highly at the very time the finds were coming out to command such a princely price for a little guy at the time. And, by modern standards, it IS a supremely good miniature with incredible transparency, glassy lustre, and fat, pristine crystals in a 360-degree cluster. These are razor sharp and have a brilliant lustre. Fat crystals of this quality have not been found since...lots of long skinny ones, some more purple or more gemmy but not usually both. This is a great mix of quality and aesthetics in unusually robust crystals for the miniature size, and thus stands out from others of more modern style from here, quite dramatically.
RHQTZ-92 - Quartz (note unusual faces) - $ 250 SOLD Gemmi, Switzerland (sic) small cabinet, 6.1 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ex. Richard Hauck
This bizarre, brilliantly lustrous quartz point was purchased by colelctor A.L. Stevens from Wards Science Establishment on June 16, 1922, according to his own label. This label, the old Wards label, and the two museum labels shown are included. As he noted, it has strange faces on the front that are highly unusual and really leap out dramatically. Nearlypristine, its also a display specimen of some quality. The old cursive German labels are hard to read...it is probably not correctly translated as "Gemmi", but that was his best guess.
RHQTZ-93 - Quartz included with Hematite on specular Hematite - $ 450 SOLD New Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumberland, England miniature, 5.1 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm ex. Richard Hauck
A gorgeous, unusual specimen that has rare exact mine information preserved with it! The color is shocking red, due to hematite inclusions in the quartz cores, against sparkling black crystallized hematite in the background. Superb miniature of a rare style, from the late 1800s. The label dates it to the late 1800s, as well.
RHQTZ-94 - Quartz (Japan Law Twin) - $ 1200 SOLD Brumado, Bahia, Brazil small cabinet, 6.8 x 6.5 x 1.1 cm ex. Richard Hauck
This is a brilliantly lustrous, floater crystal showing exceptional Japan law twinning form. The crystal is complete all around, a floater! It is pristine save for only 3 very tiny dings of no consequence. That little growth divot on one side is just that, and not damage (you can see faces in person). Overall, I cannot imagine a more dramatic Brazilian japan win in this size range - and in person, its quite gemmier and more lustrous than it appears in photos. Qualitywise, I rank it very highly from a number of Brumado pieces I have seen over the years.
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