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(Elba!) Goshenite, Orthoclase & Quartz ex Obodda
- San Piero in Campo, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 10/06/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/11/2012 6:35:28 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A classic and most excellent combination specimen from this famous and historic Italian locale. A 7 mm, hexagonal, gem, goshenite beryl crystal is aesthetically nestled in a vug surrounded by glassy quartz crystals and sharp pastel-pink orthoclase crystals. The matrix is massive albite. The architecture of the crystals in the vug is aesthetic. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. Herb valued this piece at $400, five or more years ago. Valued at $500-700.