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Smoky Quartz (self-collected in California, ex Bill Moller Coll.)
- Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California
- Large Cabinet, 17.5 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
- Start Time: 08/05/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 08/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An unusually high-quality, large California smoky quartz crystal - in fact, quite "Swiss" in appearance. The termination area of the pretty light colored smoky is water-clear, with the rest of the glassy crystal being translucent. Very interestingly, the termination and prism faces are preferentially lightly frosted. Complete all-around and nearly pristine, with only trivial termination edge wear and just a bit of side wear, lower on the crystal. These are certainly very modest detractions to this imposing and excellent crystal, that was self-collected by Bill Moller, a noted California collector. He recently passed away.