Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Fluorite
Grimsel pass, Guttannen, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland
13.3 x 9.3 x 7.5 cm. This is from an old Italian collection. A 3.5 x 3.2 cm cluster of lustrous, rose-red fluorite modified octahedrons is set on the side of this specimen. The large, compound fluorite crystal is 1.8 cm. Water-clear, gemmy to translucent, smoky quartz crystals are set in a jackstraw pattern on the granite matrix. The upright, gem, ...
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