Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz on Mircocline

Item Description

These Spessartines are some of the most attractive and highly displayable specimens to come out of China. This particular piece features very lustrous, GEM / gemmy, strong orange color trapezohedra with dodecahedral modifications sitting on very sharp, lustrous, gemmy, richly colored Smoky Quartz crystals with a dusting of silvery-blue Muscovite on Microcline matrix. The largest Spessartine measures a few mm across and the largest Smoky Quartz measures 2.8 cm long. 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. Gem orange Spessartine specimens are NOT easy to find these days from any locality.