Quartz & Hedenbergite (rare combo)

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Start Time: 08/09/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/14/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A dramatic and rare combination specimen from recent finds at this now famous mine in Mongolia. The striking needle-like, tapered quartz crystal is attached to fragments of other quartz crystals and matrix. The lustrous, translucent, pseudohexagonal crystal is richly included with olive-green hedenbergite. The spike is very nearly pristine. A contact on one side, where another crystal once lay, has no damage, per se and the tiny extension tip is very gently cleaved. This rare combination includes sections of very glassy, translucent to opaque, prismatic, clove-brown hedenbergite crystals or possibly RARE for the locale, axinite (not analysed). This striking combination piece is easily the match for Serifos, Greece or Dalnegorsk, Russia specimens. Stunning.

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