Helvite and Smoky Quartz

Item Description

This superb helvite specimen features a 1.4 cm, sharp, tetragonal, lustrous, partially gemmy, zoned golden-yellow helvite crystal jauntily set atop a striking, elongated feldspar matrix and fabulously accompanied by a 2.0 cm glassy, smoky quartz crystal and a smaller helvite crystal. Helvite is not well known and is rarely found from Tongbei, China, which has become very famous for its spessartine. Helvite is a RARE manganese, beryllium silicate and this is a very fine combination specimen from this well-known locale. LOTS of adjectives for a superlative combination helvite specimen.