Quartz w/ Fluorapatite & Muscovite (Orellana Coll.)

Barroca Grande Mine, Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
Cabinet, 12.7 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 11/18/2016 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/26/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A dramatic and very showy large quartz combination from this famous mine and the Orellana Collection. Three, intergrown, gem, very glassy, two-toned hexagonal fluorapatite crystals, to 1.3 cm, are aesthetically perched above a nifty quartz crystal side car on the side of a sharply terminated, water-clear quartz crystal with frosted faces. A single 9 mm siderite and clusters of pearlescent muscovite plates are classic and excellent accessories to this impresssive 360-degree combination. Complete all-around and essentially pristine, with only very trivial bruising to the quartz tip and the apatite crystals. Choice and classic large combination material.

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