Pyromorphite on Quartz (old classic)

Item Description

A classic, old-time specimen of highly lustrous, "wet-look", dark chocolate-brown pyromorphite prisms richly and attractively covering the wedge of quartz matrix from the famous Bad Ems District of Germany. The striking large doubly terminated crystal is 2.3 cm. Excellent, four-sided material with very, very few broken crystals, for such rich coverage, from this famous district. Valued $1000. the contrast and 3-dimensionality here is unsual,as those who know the material will recognize