Spessartine Garnet with Helvine and Smoky Quartz

Item Description

These Spessartines are some of the most attractive and highly displayable specimens to come out of China. This particular piece features many lustrous, gemmy, strong red trapezohedra measuring up to 8 mm on matrix. To top it off, the piece is associated with rarely seen, fine quality orange Helvine crystals measuring up to 1.1 cm and gemmy prisms of Smoky Quartz on Microcline. The color in the Spessartine crystals is very attractive, and they are not at all dull or pitted. This material is becoming less and less available on the market, and keep in mind that there are only a few worldwide localities that produce this color of Spessartine in fine specimens. Good cyrstall Spessartine specimens are NOT easy to find these days from any locality. Valued at $700.