Quartz (Doubly-terminated "Faden")

Item Description

Quartz is beloved for it thousands of habits found around the world. Some of the most distinctive Quartz specimens found in Alpine deposits are the attractive "Faden" crystal groups. This crystal group exhibits the classic "Faden" (German word for string) form that is well known from this area. The piece exhibits a notable "Faden" that runs across the main crystal, which is very sharp, lustrous, gemmy, and DOUBLY-TERMINATED, and sits atop additionaly GEM/gemmy colorless Quartz crystals to create an attractive three-dimensional group. The largest crystal has a tiny amount of roughness on the termination, which truly is almost unnoticeable to the naked eye. You can display this piece from either side, and it would rival many superb true Alpine "Fadens" for quality and displayability. These pieces seemed to have dried up in recent years, and I personally think they are highly underappreciated for what they are.