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Smoky Quartz Var Gwindel

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Smoky Quartz Var Gwindel

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Description
Locality: 
Rufibach Cleft, Vorderer Zinggenstock, Zinggenstöcke, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 7.5 × 6.8 cm
Description

A gemmu matrix gwindel from the famous alpine locale, the Rufibach Cleft, the fateful site at Zinggenstock. (Decades ago two members of the Rufibach family died in a tragic accident.) Actually during the growing phase, due to the weight and the twist of the crystals and tectonic stress as well, gwindels are often breaking of  the matrix. And this gwindel is perfectly exposed on typically matrix. It is unrepaired and unrestored. The edges are razor sharp and the luster is crazy good.  The gwindel is so clear that you easily can see the smoky quartz crystal behind it. Also for this specimen I just can say, that the starting bid is a bargain and in case I repeat myself, the value is a multiple higher. 

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

Gwindel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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