Smoky quartz

  
  
 Smoky translucent lustrous doubly terminated quartz crystals, partially coated, especially on the back side of the group, by green chlorite. There is a colorless calcite crystal measuring 3.5 cm in one direction perched on the edge of the quartz group.
Origin: Messina Mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
Sample size: 13.5 x 8.3 x 6.2 cm
 
Origin: Moralla, Black River, NW of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sample size: 27 x 22 x 24 mm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: Mooralla, Victoria, Australia
Sample size: 7.2 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
 
  
Smoky quartz on amazonite
Origin: Konso, Southern Nations and Nationalities Regional State, Ethopia
Sample size: 7.4 x 5.3 x 7.2 cm
 
     
Origin: Smoky Bear Prospect, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Ex. Marty Lewadny Collection
Sample size: 8.7 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
 
  
Smoky quartz with spessartine
Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
Sample size: 6.1 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm
 
Origin: San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Sample size: 1 x 1 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Dodo, Polar Urals, Russia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 9.9 x 5.9 x 5.1 cm
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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