Crystal hunters in the Alps - A must have for Quartz lovers & collectors - Faden Gwindel red fluorite scepter etc. Private printing edition

Crystal lovers, mineral collectors: this book is for you!!! Fantastic writing and plenty of pictures to make you drool on the crystals they found!

Put on your frontal lamp and start your journey towards the door of the Inca temple, Operation Raspberry, meet beautiful Lucy, the Astro-physician and the naked climber.
You will learn what “Bagdad” means to these mountaineers, and that sardines’ cans seem to be as useful as suntan lotion in certain circumstances.

If your heart starts pounding when you hear the words Quartz, Gwindels, Fadens, Red Fluorites, Scepter, then you will love this book.
It is as much about the amazing crystals than the challenges imposed by Nature, and the people who bring us these marvels.

Christophe Peray is one of these magicians who operates in the French Alps, at the border between Italy and Switzerland.
He is a crystal hunter (or “cristallier” as they are known in France and Switzerland), this rare breed of individuals whose passion is to hang from a rock wall thousands of feet in the air, preferably with icy winds blowing on their face, rocks falling and lightning in the air.
Their love of mountains, unique camaraderie, combined with their competitive nature is geared towards one objective: finding the most exceptional crystal there is.

This book takes a small detour to the Brazilian Amazon diving for gold, and the humid Colombian jungle where the Empewenas Indians teach a young Peray why quartz pebbles are more valuable than gold.
Soon enough you are brought back to rock walls, ice and snow. Expect the unexpected. So, put your phone, microscope and loupe aside, and grab these virtual binoculars to follow Peray in his quest for pockets full of treasures.

This book will lead you to the Fountain of Youth: we all, hikers, collectors and dealers alike, regain the power of being amazed in front of an amazing crystal.
At that special moment, we become children again.
Thank you Mr. Peray!



A word of caution: handle this book with care as this is a private edition and not one of these mass-produced low-cost books


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