Quartz included with Hedenbergite on Hematite

Item Description

From the great Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia, China here we have a wonderful showy display piece featuring a stepped, multi-crystal group of sharp, lustrous Quartz crystals which have a gentle sage green hue from Hedenbergite inclusions, measuring 4.8 cm long, aesthetically perched atop "rose"-esque groups of dark silvery-black Hematite matrix. The specific association of green Quartz on Hematite is not terribly common from this mine, and these specimens are some of the more interesting and eye-catching specimens to come out. The piece is in good shape, but there is a nick on the termination of the top-most Quartz crystal so it's not completely pristine. Still a very presentable and eye-catching piece of this elusive material.
From the Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.