About Us

From an Amazonite cluster in Austria
to four continents

It started in the ground in Austria — a cluster of Amazonite in smoky quartz, tourmalines running through it, pulled out by my own hands. The first mineral I ever excavated myself. That moment changed everything. I had always been a traveller, and from that point on every journey through Europe included mineral museums, natural history collections, regional shows. I started learning to see.

At home, the interest turned practical. I began digging myself — various sites in Slovenia and Austria, learning what the ground actually gives up. The hobby grew steadily: more specimens, more knowledge, a collection that kept demanding more attention. For 20 years I have been a regular at European mineral shows — first as a buyer, now also as an exhibitor. Shows are where the real education happens. Handling thousands of pieces in person, practically every month before, now several times a month — there is no faster way to understand what quality looks like.

That personal passion became a professional operation a decade ago. Crystal World is built on selection, not volume — every piece is chosen in person, evaluated by hand. Every expedition specimen has a story I can tell you: the mine, the region, sometimes the exact pocket. Twenty years of experience means I know what a great specimen looks like before it's cleaned. When I can't tell you precisely where something came from, I say so.