Smoky Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

Mt. Antero is famous for producing some of the finest Aquamarine crystals from any locality in North America, sometimes found in association with Smoky Quartz. This piece features only Smoky Quartz crystals which are fine, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, richly colored, thin prisms measuring up to 2.2 cm on granite matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, though there are some contacted areas here and there. Good quality overall, and not terribly common from this historic locality. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/