Quartz w/ Hedenbergite inclusions on Andradite (NEW find)

Huanggang Mine, (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
Small Cabinet, 8.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/04/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A dramatic specimen from a NEW find in Mongolia. Three, stunning, needle-like, tapered quartz crystals are aesthetically set on matrix of glassy, brown andradite garnet crystal fragments. The lustrous, translucent, pseudohexagonal crystals are richly included with olive-green hedenbergite. The terminations of the two large crystals are gently bruised and the smaller, third crystal has a broken sidecar. This striking piece is easily the match for Serifos, Greece or Dalnegorsk, Russia specimens. Stunning.

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