Smoky quartz (Morion) in transitional habit -
Oberblatthorn, Blausee, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
 
Intense reddish-brown and clear Morion crystals up to 3 cm long, plus a flat-lying biterminated crystal 3.8 cm long, on Tourmaline-bearing smoky quartz matrix (one of the three main crystals is damaged on the rear). A typical and well affordable piece! The locality "Blausee" yielded the best Morion crystals of western Switzerland during the 1990s (cf. LAPIS 2/2003). Found in August 1997, ex Stefan Weiß collection