Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz

Item Description

Gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, reddish-orange spessartine garnets are very aesthetically scattered in isolation or in clusters among the glassy, translucent smoky quartz crystals on sculptural microcline matrix on this superb combination specimen from Tongbei. The spessartines reach 8 mm and have textbook trapezohedral crystal form. The spessartine crystal quality and isolation, combination with smoky quartz and overall aesthetics easily rank this piece among the very best, that we have offered at auction from Tongbei. Valued at $500-600. ex Dave Bristol garnet collection