Smoky Quartz w/ faden in gwindel (Bonisoli Coll.)

Item Description

The French Alps are renowned for their superb pink and red fluorite specimens, but they also produce some superb Alpine quartz specimens. This beauty is a rarity among quartz specimens as the small, 2.0 cm, twisted gwindel lying on the front of the large central smoky crystals has a "Faden" (German word for string). All of the many smokies are water-clear, have nice smoky color, very high luster and some of the sharp termination faces are preferentially frosted. Very nearly pristine, with only super-trivial termination wear to a couple of crystals. Excellent and uncommon smoky quartz from Mt. Blanc, from the Bonisoli Collection # 6225.