Gitter Quartz (Charlie Key)

Item Description

A dramatic and impressive large example of the so-called "Gitter Quartz" found in the western Erongo Mountains and the nearby Klein Spitzkoppe in Namibia. They can form a dense three-dimensional lattice of crystals, hence the German name 'Gitterquarz' ('fence' or 'lattice' quartz). This striking specimen, in which the photos really do speak for themselves, has variably sized, shaped and shaded, smoky quartz crystals richly covering the large, branching feldspar crystals. The two appendages branching off of the main crystal look like "wings". Many of the smoky clusters appear to be about 90 degrees from each other, like Japan-law twin quartz crystals. Quartz can be notoriuosly hard to mine, and this sculptural piece has only a few bruised crystals, for all the crystal density. A fine large example of this rare form of quartz. Aesthetic and most unusual. Charlie Key dealer stock. 2.4 pounds or 1.1 kilos.