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"Alligator" Smoky Quartz
- Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Large Cabinet, 26.3 x 9.4 x 5.4 cm
- Start Time: 11/21/2010 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/26/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A dramatic, LARGE CABINET, smoky quartz stalactite from a recent find in Summer of 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 a smoky icicle! Overall, this excellent, complete all-around, flattened, large piece is nearly pristine, with only very trivial bruising along the periphery. The termination is pristine. 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. MUCH, MUCH BETTER IN PERSON.