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Hematite-included Quartz ex Charlie Key
- Orange River area, Karas Region, Namibia
- Cabinet, 12.9 x 11.0 x 6.2 cm
- Start Time: 05/05/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/12/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The Orange River area of Namibia has produce some excellent hematite-included quartz specimens and this a dramatic and fascinating large example from the Charlie Key dealer stock. An impressive field of lustrous and translucent, burnt-orange crystals aesthetically rests on the massive quartz matrix. The imposing large 6.4 cm tapered crystal has fantastic stepped-growth faces with innumerable smaller crystals, like turrets on a castle. The surprising back of the large crystal shows, that the second-generation hematite-included quartz crystals did not fully envelop the underlying quartz crystal. Unusual and outstanding quartz with just a bit of termination bruising, which is certainly only a modest detraction. Very choice and uncommon large material.
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