Smoky Quartz, Microcline and Albite

Papachacra, Belen Dept., Catamarca, Argentina
Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Start Time: 03/16/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/26/2009 8:00:39 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An excellent and showy combination specimen from recent finds at Papachacra, Argentina. Four, pristine, gemmy and lustrous, smoky quartz crystals to 2.6 cm proudly project upward from a sloping field of sharp, off-white microcline crystals. Pastel-blue albite crystals are richly sprinkled and epitactically grown on the microcline crystals.

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