Spessartine Garnet (excellent) ex Obodda

Item Description

This is an exceptionally fine small cabinet combination specimen with five rare larger discrete spessartines dramatically emplaced on a microcline matrix peppered with tiny smoky quartz crystals. The gorgeous, gemmy and lustrous, orangish-red spessartine garnets reach 8 mm and have textbook trapezohedral crystal form. The spessartine crystal quality and isolation, combination with the smoky quartz and overall aesthetics easily rank this piece among the very best in this size range, that we have offered at auction from Tongbei. Ex Herb Obodda dealer stock. Herb valued this fine and rare cutie at $500, more than five years ago.