"Alligator" Smoky Quartz

Item Description

A dramatic and sculptural, LARGE CABINET, smoky quartz specimen from a recent 2009 find 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 to translucent smoky quartz crystals have distinctive darker crystal edges and are doubly terminated. The top of this particular piece has riveting stacked crystals, that look like castle turrets! The lower section has incredibly complex blocky crystals. Overall, this excellent, complete all-around, large piece is essentially pristine, with only the most very trivial termination wear and one small spot of 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.