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64AY - Amethystine Quartz Scepter on Hedenbergite-included-Quartz - SOLD Mega Xhorio, Isle of Seriphos, Cyclades, Greece large cabinet, 15.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm ex. Dr. Edward David
This is easily one of the most unique, novel, bizarre, fake-looking, and simply downright unusual specimens of quartz I have ever seen. It happens also to be from an old classic an dhighly desirable locale, too! A beautifully formed crystal of, translucent, pastel-amethystine quartz is the scepter atop a terminated shaft of translucent, green, hedenbergite-included quartz. When backlit, it practically glows with soft colors. The mineral gods were definitely working overtime to create this amazing, one of a kind, doubly terminated specimen. It is to me, one of the most striking pieces in this collection.
CH12-047 - Ilvaite with Quartz included by Hedenbergite - $ 2650 Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China cabinet, 12.4 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
This combination specimen features a showy ilvaite leaping out from a nesting of green, hedenbergite-included quartz crystals. The ilvaite is nearly complete all around, with just a few small contacts in the back. The ilvaite termination is sharp and tapering, also nearly complete (just a few contact spots in back side), and is nicely freestanding. Although some of the quartzes are broken, they provide a highly desirable (and rarely seen) color contrast, and have come to be considered the classic association for the best matrix ilvaite from this mine. This piece is very dramatic, in person, and is an excellent example for the new finds which, despite a few little bits of damage, really looks like it would be nearly priceless if from any previous ilvaite locale we have seen.
CH12-051 - Ilvaite with Quartz included by Hedenbergite - $ 2000 Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China cabinet, 12.7 x 8.3 x 8.5 cm
This combination specimen features a spray of lustrous, showy ilvaite leaping out from a nesting of green, hedenbergite-included quartz crystals. The ilvaite is complete all around, with jcrystals to 4 cm in height (though they go down a bit deeper into a pocket). The quartz provides a highly desirable (and rarely seen) color contrast, and have come to be considered the classic association for the best matrix ilvaite from this mine. This piece is very dramatic, in person, and is an excellent example for the new finds here
CH12-054 - Ilvaite with Quartz included by Hedenbergite - $ 750 Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China small cabinet, 6.5 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm
These are the most robust, large ilvaite crystals ever seen - even this piece is fatter and thicker than nearly all ilvaite from other localities I had seen before. It is particularly well-balanced for the size, with gorgeous, jet-black ilvaite with good luster. This is nearly complete all around 360-degrees except for a few very minor spots of damage (broken crystal tips), and has the complex multiple-termination style that is the less common of several habits from this new find. This was found in the fall of 2011.
CH12-055 - Arsenopyrite with Ilvaite and Hedenbergite - $ 3850 Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China large cabinet, 15.3 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm
This dramatic piece is from a special pocket found in early 2011, and to date not equaled from the mine. Many people are saying that these arsenopyrites, for luster and sharpness, rank among the world's best of species. In person, they have a pure silver color and a sparkle to them caused by minute surface detailing, like the skin of a lizard but much, much finer in scale. On this piece, the arsenopyrite is displayed dramatically upright, atop a natural pedestal of green hedenbergite and black ilvaite.
MD-113496 - Quartz, Hedenbergite, Goethite - - Archived San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico cabinet, 11.0 x 9.1 x 4.2 cm.
11.0 x 9.1 x 4.2 cm. This plate of glassy, flashy quartz from the Glover collection is distinctive due to the rich inclusions of hedenbergite and goethite, which give the crystals a rich mossy color. Fine quartz specimens are unusual from the San Antonio Mine, and actually, except for the amethyst variety, are not all that common from Mexico in general.
MD-122796 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece small cabinet, 7.0 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm.
7.0 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm. A VERY AESTHETICALLY SCULPTED, nearly pristine, MATRIX quartz "prase" from Seriphos Island, Greece of green hedenbergite included in lustrous quartz spears. SUPERB for the size, with dramatic visual appeal. Matrix specimens of this quality are seldom available.
MD-145037 - Hedenbergite - - Archived Broadway Mine (Victoria Mine; Bowery; Delaware), Silver Star, Silver Star District, Madison Co., Montana, USA cabinet, 12.8 x 7.2 x 3.9 cm.
12.8 x 7.2 x 3.9 cm. A large, rich specimen of hedenbergite (CaFeSi2 O6, cousin of diopside and augite) from an old mine in Montana from which specimens of any kind are rare now - the Victoria Mine, in the Sylvanite mining district, which was active early in the 20th century. Accompanied by an old John Albanese label.
MD-159534 - Hedenbergite, Ilvaite - - Archived Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia small cabinet, 8.2 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm.
8.2 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm. The famous mines at Dal’negorsk, Russia are renowned for their pseudomorphs. This is a SUPERB and AESTHETIC pseudo of green hedenbergite after a FABLUOUS cluster of large, very sharp ilvaite crystals. Complete all around, too! The stepped parallel-growth crystals with the angled, DT crystal on the back really set this super piece off. This pristine and complete all-around specimen is from the collection of Dr. Ed David. This is really an outstanding psuedomorph.
MD-166893 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Mega Horio, Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece small cabinet, 5.5 x 5.0 x 1.5 cm.
5.5 x 5.0 x 1.5 cm. A beautiful and aesthetic crossed pair of lustrous and translucent, green, hedenbergite-included quartz "prases" from Serifos Island, Greece. The smaller crystal is a doubly terminated and pristine and the large crystal is damage-free, except for the point of contact. This is a showy, complete all-around classic from the Gilbert Gauthier Collection.
MD-181579 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Mega Horio, Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece small cabinet, 8.4 x 5.9 x 5.3 cm.
8.4 x 5.9 x 5.3 cm. This magnificently sculptural specimen of green quartz from Greece (it gets its pretty green color from inclusions of hedenbergite) passed through the notable collections of both Ed David and Gilbert Gauthier. Ex. Richard Hauck collection.
MD-183969 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Mega Horio, Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece small cabinet, 8.3 x 5.9 x 4.9 cm.
8.3 x 5.9 x 4.9 cm. From the personal collection of Gilbert Gauthier, a rich, flowery specimen of quartz crystals with a rich pea-green coloring from internal inclusions of hedenbergite. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
MD-184706 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Mega Horio, Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece thumbnail, 2.9 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm.
2.9 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm. A very aesthetic, large multiple-clustered thumbnail of "green quartz" from Greece - this green quartz, which gets its color from included hedenbergite, is classic from Greece. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
MD-184763 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece cabinet, 9.5 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm.
9.5 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm. A dramatic and beautiful, very long, flower bud-like, translucent, green, hedenbergite-included quartz "prase" from Serifos Island, Greece. This is a large, pristine, complete all-around classic from the Richard Hauck quartz Collection.
MD-187526 - Quartz, Hedenbergite - - Archived Mega Horio, Serifos Island (Seriphos), Cyclade Islands (Cyclades; Kikladhes; Nomos Kikladhon), Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Aiyaíon) Department, Greece small cabinet, 5.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm.
5.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm. These green quartz crystals are classic from this island locality in Greece. Here is a complete 360-degree cluster of sharp crystals, all terminated - a really elegant old-timer. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.
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