Gitter Quartz & Goethite on Microcline (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, blocky orthoclase crystal. The large smoky is 4.0 cm. Many of the smoky clusters appear to be about 90 degrees from each other, like Japan-law twin quartz crystals. The orthoclase is also richly cloaked in black botryoidal or crusty goethite, which is uncommon from the Erongos. 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 with goethite. Aesthetic and most unusual. Charlie Key dealer stock.