Citrine (rare locale) ex Steve Smale Coll.

Item Description

Citrine specimens with sharp limpid crystals and pretty color are RARE from the renowned Pederneira Mine. This striking and aesthetic 360-degree cluster of very glassy, water-clear crystals with fine mellow yellow color is nearly pristine. One termination is gently bruised and the contact on the side of one crystal, where another crystal once lay, has only trivial bruising. This specimen was in the collection of Pederneira mine partner Daniel Trinchillo, who sold it to Steve Smale several years ago. Steve collects fancy gem crystals of the highest perfection and quality - seldom a quartz. But this is one quartz that transcends, and holds its own vs. the fancier tourmalines and gem minerals of Brazil.