Smoky quartz, Gwindel – Val Giuv, Graubünden, Switzerland
 
Beautiful handpiece of intensely colored smoky quartz with a beautifully crystallized Gwindel. 
Steps like these are an absolute alpine classic as there are no comparable ones in the world. 
 
The Val Giuv, near Sedrun in the Surselva in the canton of Graubünden, has always been synonymous with the special color and quality of Swiss smoky quartz, which distinguishes it from other quartz.
Under the most difficult conditions, the crystals are recovered by the emitters at an altitude of around 3,000 meters.