Thu 26 to Su 29. October
Munich Trade Fair Center/ Entrance EAST
Peter Müller
Brazilian Stone Carvings
Peter Müller and Teja Müller
About Us
A little about our history.
Peter Müller was born in 1952 near Lucerne, Switzerland. Following professional training in international banking he commenced a brilliant career in that field only to later be lured by the appeal of international travel - wich lead him to live in Brazil in 1979. A chance encounter with a brazilian carver of birds in 1984 inspired him to change his life's work. He established a workshop in semi-precious stone carviings that same year.
His works are rich in unexpected beauty abd surprising details. Naturally, no two carvings are identical. They are life-like reproductions of birds from the tropics and the Northern Hemisphere, hand-fabricated from natural colored precious stones from all over the word. The bases are hand-picked by Peter from several tons of rough, including Brazilian tourmalines and quartzes from eleven diferent mines, as well as many other rare minerals from his adopted country.
Familiar with the work of Idar-Oberstein carvers since his childhood, Peter has made annual trips there over the last thirty years to learning new carving techniques. These skills are then imparted to his crew of carvers in Brazil, now considered to be the best trained craftsman in that country. Peter Müller's lapidary work has been subject of a number of articles including: Rock and Gem Magazine, May 2000 and wildlife Art Magazine, March/April 2002.
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Our Stones
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Agate
Is a common rock formation, consisting of chalcedony and quartz as its primary components, with a wide variety of colors. Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks.
Actinolite
Is an intermediate member in a solid-solution series between magnesium-rich tremolite, and iron-rich ferro-actinolite. Mg and Fe ions can be freely exchanged in the crystal structure.
Albite
Is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content.
Amethyst
Is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Greek amethystos from a-, "not" and metho "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness.
Ametrine
Also known as trystine or by its trade name as bolivianite, is a naturally occurring variety of quartz. It is a mixture of amethyst and citrine with zones of purple and yellow or orange.
Aquamarine
Is a pale-blue to light-green variety of beryl. The color of aquamarine can be changed by heat.
Chalcedony
Is a cryptocrystalline form of silica. Has a waxy luster, and may be semitransparent or translucent. It can assume a wide range of colors.
Chrysoprase
is the name of a family of calcium aluminum silicate minerals with a hardness of 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale.
Citrine
Is a variety of quartz whose color ranges from a pale yellow to brown due to a submicroscopic distribution of colloidal ferric hydroxide impurities.
Emerald
Is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.
Epidot
Is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral. The faces are often deeply striated and crystals are often twinned. Many of the characters of the mineral vary with the amount of iron present.
Garnet
Are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.
Kyanite
Is a typically blue aluminosilicate mineral, found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and sedimentary rock.
Labradorite
Is a calcium-enriched feldspar mineral first identified in Labrador, Canada, which can display an iridescent effect.
Lapis Lazuli
Is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
Mookaite
The Windalia radiolarite is a Lower Cretaceous formation in Western Australia. The formation contains abundant foraminifera, radiolaria and calcareous nanoplankton fossils Locally the varicolored opaline to chalcedonic radiolarite is mined and used as an ornamental stone termed mookaite.
Morganite
Is an orange or pink gemstone and is also a variety of beryl. Morganite has grown in popularity since 2010. Brides and CNN have even listed it as a good alternative to diamond.
Obsidian
Is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.
Ocean Jasper
Is a variety of jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical inclusions or zones. In highly silicified rhyolite or tuff, quartz and feldspar crystallize in radial aggregates of needle-like crystals which provide the basis or seed for the orbicular structure seen in this kind of jasper.
Phantom Quartz
Is a variety of quartz consisting of visible layers of overlapping crystal growths. The outline of the inner crystals can be seen due to some variation in composition or mineral inclusion making the boundary between growths visible.
Red Quartz
Sometimes referred to as Hematoid Quartz, is a variety of Quartz with a Hematite coating. It can be seen crystallized in masses, nodules, clusters, druzy, as well as inclusions within existing Quartz.
Rhodochrosite
is a manganese carbonate mineral. In its (rare) pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown.
Rhodonite
Is a manganese inosilicate, and member of the pyroxenoid group of minerals, crystallizing in the triclinic system. It commonly occurs as cleavable to compact masses with a rose-red color, often tending to brown because of surface oxidation.
Rock Crystal
Transparent variety of the silica mineral quartz that is valued for its clarity and total lack of colour or flaws.
Rose quartz
Is a type of quartz which exhibits a pale pink to rose red hue. The color is usually considered as due to trace amounts of titanium, iron, or manganese, in the material.
Rubi-Zoisite
is the name of a family of calcium aluminum silicate minerals with a hardness of 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale.
Rutilated Quartz
Is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It is used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly look golden, but they also can look silver, copper red or deep black.
Smoky Quartz
Is a gray, translucent version of quartz. It ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to a brownish-gray crystal that is almost opaque. Some can also be black.
Sugilite
Is a relatively rare pink to purple cyclosilicate mineral with complex chemical formula. Sugilite crystallizes in the hexagonal system with prismatic crystals.
Tiger's eye
Tiger's eye (also called tiger eye) is a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown colour and a silky lustre.
Tourmaline
Is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium.
Yellow Quartz
Is one of the varieties of the mineral quartz. It has a yellow color, and differs from Citrine only by its shine.
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