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Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
- Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
- Miniature, 5.2 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/11/2010 6:50:14 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A cute and aesthetic spessartine garnet and smoky quartz combo from recent finds at Tongbei, China. Two generations of spessartines richly and preferentially coat both sides of the nifty, eneven, trident-like, lightly frosted, smoky quartz crystal cluster. The large garnet is 1.0 cm and has glowing reddish-orange color. Complete all-around and very nearly pristine, a super-trivial bit of termination wear to the large and middle smokies is barely noticeable and is certainly not a detraction. Showy and excellent material from this noted locale.