Apatite and Smoky Quartz (Chuck Houser Coll.)

Item Description

A RARE and UNIQUE combination specimen from the much less well-known Pack Rat Mine of San Diego County. A sharp, textbook, hexagonal, gemmy and lustrous, 4.5 cm, pastel-green apatite crystal is jauntily set in two, sharp, intergrown, glassy and transparent, lightly etched, smoky quartz crystals. The lower portion of the apatite crystal was broken by pocket forces, but is held in place by the smoky quartz. The apatite and smoky quartz are contacted on the side, but there is no damage, per se. While not super showy to look at, it is a highly representative specimen of SELDOM AVAILABLE apatite. Only available from insider collections of the locals. Older material from the Chuck Houser Collection.