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Smoky QUARTZ with MICROCLINE on ALBITE

Smoky QUARTZ with MICROCLINE on ALBITE


Size:
11 x 80 x 42 mm
Weight:
238 g
Regular price $1,250.00 USD
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Species Smoky Quartz, Microcline, Albite
Dimensions 11 x 80 x 42 mm
Weight 238 g
Locality Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture Fujian Province, China
Condition No recorded repairs
For obvious reasons Wushan Spessartine mine in Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China is renowned for its world-class Spessartine crystals but it has also produced some stunning specimens with no trace of the garnet. This small cabinet specimen is a perfect example. Two prominent very glassy deep brown pyramidal prismatic Smoky Quartz crystals are perched upon a flatish, slightly domed plate of crystallized Albite and Microcline looking like Micky Mouse and his ears. Both Smoky Quartz crystals are in superb condition, with perfect terminations, great transparency and a rich brown body colour when backlight, just like the classic Swiss crystals. One is 3.5 cm, the other 4.5 cm tall and although the rear of the specimen looks like a fractured surface it is clear that at least one of the Quartz crystals has been recrystallized on the base, and so is not a recent break. This is a really classy Chinese Smoky Quartz which, with support, looks magnificent upright.

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