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Smoky Quartz Var Artichoke Quartz

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Smoky Quartz Var Artichoke Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Stromberg Quarry, Stromberg, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.7 × 10.4 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

This very exciting material came out of a fault vein in a dolomite quarry in the eighties. The vein was exploited to appr. 90% by one man who unfortunately deceased last year. During his lifetime he only let go of a few of the specimen he collected then. Only a few pieces dribbled onto the market and vanished immediately. I was lucky to be able to obtain his collection. The specimen pictured is one of the best ones in a reasonable collectible size.

As all of the specimen it shows some minor chipping at some of the tips due to blasting and transportation in the quarry. The luster is excellent, it stands on it's own and it very decorative.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Artichoke Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

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