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A museum-quality sample of smoky quartz and spessartine garnets.
Numerous smoky quartz crystals fill this beautiful specimen. The crystals range in height from a few centimeters up to about 6 cm.
The matrix and the base of many quartz crystals are covered with orange garnet crystals, making the specimen of undeniable interest.
Some crystals are broken at the base or show slight damage, but overall it is an important specimen and increasingly difficult to obtain on the market.

MUSEALE campione di quarzo fumè e granati spessartina. 
Numerosi cristalli di quarzo fumè riempiono questo bellissimo campione. I cristalli hanno altezze varie da pochi centrimetri, fino a 6cm circa. La matrice e la base di molti cristalli di quarzo sono coperti da cristalli di granato arancione che rendono il campione di indubbio interesse.
Alcuni cristalli sono rotti alla base o presentano lievi danni, ma nel complesso un campione importante e sempre più difficile da reperire sul mercato

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Quartz Crystals on matrix - Height: 16 cm - Width: 19 cm- 3182 g

Tongbey, Fujian, China

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Smoky quartz crystals on a matrix with orange spessartine garnets, originating from Tongbey, Fujian, China; weighs 3182 g and measures 16 cm high, 19 cm wide, and 10 cm deep, with some broken bases noted.

Quartz Crystals on matrix - Height: 16 cm - Width: 19 cm- 3182 g

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Smoky quartz crystals on a matrix with orange spessartine garnets, originating from Tongbey, Fujian, China; weighs 3182 g and measures 16 cm high, 19 cm wide, and 10 cm deep, with some broken bases noted.

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