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Quartz with red rutile
- Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Large Cabinet, 19.2 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm
- Start Time: 06/29/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/12/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An unusual specimen for the locale, in that the large quartz is ingrown with small, very lustrous and sharp, cherry-red crystals of rutile. The rutile crystals are exceedingly bright and more translucent than usual for the locale. The run in a little string near the top of the quartz. 490 grams