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Morion (smoky) Quartz ex Larry Krause Coll.
- Recruta Farm, Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
- Cabinet, 11.4 x 10.8 x 6.5 cm
- Start Time: 04/21/2010 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/29/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy CABINET specimen of a glassy, highly lustrous, translucent, black quartz crystals. The crystals are di-pyramidal with no prism faces and are called morion quartz by some people (I know not why) and beta quartz by others on the market. This is old material from a few famous finds in Brazil. These are high temperature quartz crystals, technically quartz ps. after beta quartz (see MINDAT for a further explanation under "Quartz-beta" at http://www.mindat.org/min-7395.html). Only minor periphery wear and trivial edgewear are noted on this large, complete-all-around piece. Older material from the Larry Krause Collection. Valued $800-1000