"Alligator" Smoky Quartz (NEW Find)

Item Description

A dramatic and sculptural, LARGE CABINET, smoky quartz specimen from a NEW FIND of summer 2009 in Minas Gerais. These smokies have the striking "alligator" look, where the quartz crystals look like the large plates in an alligator's hide. Many of these very glassy, transparent smoky quartz crystals have distinctive darker crystal edges and are doubly terminated. This particular piece looks like smoky icicles or old tree bark! Overall, this excellent, complete all-around, large piece is nearly pristine, with only very trivial termination wear and bruising along the periphery. Stunning new material, and a superb and sharp piece of very high and select quality, that we picked from a large lot imported in mid-2009.