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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)
- Auction Closed
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.