Charlie Key Quartz Collections

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bb42 - Quartz with Amethyst phantom - CAN$ 156 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 5.6 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
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Quartz with Amethyst phantom - Gobobos, Namibia

Glass-clear, razor-sharp, quartz crystal with a sharp amethyst phantom in the middle. The little prehnite on the side is a bonus.



bb43 - Smoky Quartz sceptre - CAN$ 208
Gobobos, Namibia
small cabinet, 6.9 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Smoky Quartz sceptre - Gobobos, Namibia
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Smoky Quartz sceptre - Gobobos, Namibia

This almost textbook scepter has a clear shaft and a smoky head. A very small doubly-terminated accents the side of one face. A faint blush of purple inside is a nice accent as well.



bb44 - Quartz sceptre - CAN$ 416 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
small cabinet, 7.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz sceptre - Gobobos, Namibia

Here you have a smoky scepter : one of our favorites for its’ type. You just have to see it in person. All of the faces have wonderfully intricate skeletal growth and unusual glassiness for this habit.



bb45 - Quartz var. Amethyst - CAN$ 364 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 4.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz var. Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz var. Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia

Here we have a beautiful doubly-terminated scepter with wisps of amethyst swirling in the head. Really sharp and geometrically pleasing!



bb46 - Smoky Quartz sceptre with Hematite - CAN$ 468 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
small cabinet, 6.7 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Smoky Quartz sceptre with Hematite - Gobobos, Namibia
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Smoky Quartz sceptre with Hematite - Gobobos, Namibia

This crystal has a gemmy smoky-headed scepter with a clear shaft included with red hematite. The faces of this remarkable specimen are showing skeletal growth - enough to add accent, but not enough to disrupt symmetry. What a Beauty!



bb47 - Quartz var. Amethyst sceptre - CAN$ 312
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 4.8 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz var. Amethyst sceptre - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz var. Amethyst sceptre - Gobobos, Namibia

An off-center scepter with a smoky/amethyst head...most unusual and very "cute" !



bb48 - Quartz and Amethyst with Prehnite - CAN$ 884 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 5.4 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz and Amethyst with Prehnite - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz and Amethyst with Prehnite - Gobobos, Namibia

I love this piece! It is so unique...Two gemmy, water clear crystals sit side by side. One of the pair has a beautiful smoky amethyst phantom while the other is crystal clear. You couldn't make a sharper contrast if you carved the thing! On the back there are five small prehnite balls. The steep termination is unusually steep, with an extra face thrown in to accentuate the dramatic rise at the top of the crystals. This is a perfect 360 degree mineral specimen and aside from that the clarity and transparency are as high as could be wished for.



bb49 - Quartz with Amethyst - CAN$ 416
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 5.8 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz with Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz with Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia

A truly unusual glassy amethyst with a wonderful blush of amethyst and additionally a quite unexplained phantom inside that is much more apparent in person - maybe a clay-inclusion? This photo does not do it justice.



bb50 - Quartz var. Amethyst - CAN$ 130 SOLD
Brandberg, Namibia
miniature, 5.4 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz var. Amethyst - Brandberg, Namibia

This is an intensely colored, dark purple amethyst of quite good color saturation for the locale!



bb51 - Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - CAN$ 780
Gobobos, Namibia
small cabinet, 6.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - Gobobos, Namibia

Attractive, gemmy, crystal clear quartz with a fantastic MIXED smoky and amethyst phantom. Literally , of two phantoms one (upper) phantom seems to be amethyst in the middle and smoky at the edges! The lower phantom is a more total amethyst hue.



bb52 - Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - CAN$ 260 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
small cabinet, 6.1 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
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Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz with Smoky Quartz and Amethyst phantoms - Gobobos, Namibia

Water clear quartz with a beautiful smoky-and-amethyst phantom makes a wonderful display specimen. Like the above piece, this crystal holds an unusually mixed phanotm, seemingly showing both colors.



bb53 - Quartz var. Amethyst - CAN$ 468
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 4.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz var. Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz var. Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia

This great miniature of what is called "reverse scepter" is a must for any quartz collection. This piece is very unusual for the extreme elongattion of the reverse sceptre, and teh fact that the piece has survived, on matrix no less, from the Gobobos



bb54 - Amethyst with Quartz and Chalcedony - CAN$ 468 SOLD
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 4.6 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
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Amethyst with Quartz and Chalcedony - Gobobos, Namibia
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Amethyst with Quartz and Chalcedony - Gobobos, Namibia

Here is an unusual assemblage from the Gobobos, like none I have seen. The main amethyst crystal is surrounded by "wavy" growths of chalcedony. There are two clear quartz crystals, each with subtle hematite inclusions, attached to this crystal as well. The whole unlikely mass is a floater.



bb55 - Amethyst on Quartz - CAN$ 676
Brandberg, Namibia
miniature, 4.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Amethyst on Quartz - Brandberg, Namibia
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Amethyst on Quartz - Brandberg, Namibia
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Amethyst on Quartz - Brandberg, Namibia
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Amethyst on Quartz - Brandberg, Namibia

This amethyst specimen from the Brandberg mountains is a great example of amethyst but a very atypical example of quartz! Note the secpters to the lef tand right, on quartz cores. Yet, the middle crystal grades elegantly into the amethyst termination WIHTOUT creating a sceptre effeect. Bizzare, on the same specimen!? In any case this is a lovely, 360 degree group of dark purple amethyst on top of milky quartz, technicalities of uniqueness aside.



bb56 - Quartz with Amethyst - CAN$ 624
Gobobos, Namibia
miniature, 5.6 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm
ex.  Charlie Key

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Quartz with Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia
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Quartz with Amethyst - Gobobos, Namibia

A gorgeous, 3-D, splayed matrix group of light amethystine quartz. Note that while two of the crystals are show reverse scepter form at their tips (n either edge), the core crystals in the center show normal terminations - a neat contrast!



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