Smoky quartz

  
Smoky quartz on orthoclase
Origin: Pike''s Peak, Park County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.5 x 4.8 x 3.9 cm
 
  
Smoky quartz with spessartine on feldspar matrix
Origin: Tongbei, Fujian, China
Sample size: 10.3 x 8.4 x 6.3 cm
 
Origin: Moorolla, Victoria, Australia
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
 
Smoky quartz with amazonite
Origin: Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
This specimen is a doubly terminated crystal of smoky quartz with a partial bi-colored tourmaline attached to and in it.
Origin: Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
Sample size: 11.3 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
 
  
Origin: St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland
Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection
Sample size: 5.8 x 5.2 x 3.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Smoky quartz with spessartine
Origin: Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian, East Region, China
Sample size: abot 7 x 4 cm
 
  
Smoky quartz to 4.3 cm with microcline and muscovite
Origin: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sample size: 11 x 6 x 10.5 cm
 
  
  
Transparent to translucent slightly smoky doubly terminated quartz crystal. Minor chlorite in association.
Origin: Van Zyl Pocket, Jan Coetzee mine, Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Sample size: 4.6 x 3.3 x 14.9 cm
 
  
Smoky quartz with microcline
Origin: Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.2 x 5.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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