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Mineral Specimens with Quartz
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ex. Charlie Key
This is a truly remarkable 5-cm-tall crystal. It has a pristine, glassy clarity seldom seen, highlighted by the sharp and deeply saturated internal phantoms which contrast so sharply. Matrix pieces are so rare from here, and this one is preserved on a (sawn) base of quartz and calcite.
ex. Charlie Key
Here is a cute skeletal scepter with very light amethystine/smoky inclusion.
ex. Charlie Key
This exquisite specimen is one of the highlights of the collection. It is a spectacular group of smoky and amethyst-phantomed crystals which splays out 3-dimensionally. Except for one teensy little ding on a side, it is perfect from all directions. Note the elegant curve at the tip! This is a competition winner.
ex. Charlie Key
Delicious grape color just visually leaps out of this large amethyst crystal. The color is DEEPLY saturated and the lustre is high, making this one of the outright prettiest pieces here. The photos cannot show the internal , almost-red flashes. Must see to appreciate! Truly wonderful specimen of no fancy habit (actually unusual for this locale!) , but complete all around and eye-appealing
ex. Charlie Key
An impressive crystal from Gobobos with bright internal amethyst phantoms amidst a sea of general amethyst coloration within a clear quartz rind. Its very complex, actually, in person. The color is deep, but bright. Interesting secondary growths of quartz of only 0.2mm high, dot some places on the surface, adding texture. The dark grape purple hue makes this crystal stand above most others for color, as well.
ex. Charlie Key
Very interesting scepter with light amethyst head and three penetrating crystals attached to the bottom of the sceptre portion above the stalk. Very complex scepters like this are unusual. Again, complete all around and pristine!
ex. Charlie Key
Anunusually elongated, very large, dark purple crystal from the Gobobos. If this crystal was gemmier, it would be a $10,000 specimen. it is still a wonderful example, quite translucent and colorful when backlit, if not transparent. The size is remarkable, for the condition (pristine, save for some ingrown matrix attachments on the backside). Major amethyst from here, without breaking the bank.
ex. Charlie Key
It is very difficult to find matrix groups from the Gobobos. Here we have a nice cluster of two zoned quartz/smoky quartz/amethyst crystals perched nicely, just sitting on a hematite-included quartz matrix. A lovely 360-degree specimen with much more 3-dimensionality than most can have. Amazingly, it is pristine! This is a major matrix piece for the finds here!.
ex. Charlie Key
A superb, doubly-terminated milky quartz crystal with a rich, raspberry amethyst center. Some surface chattering, and a contact (small gap where a missing crystal attached) and a ding on opposite ends, but overall still a magnificent specimen in terms of sheer eye appeal.
ex. Charlie Key
We call this specimen the "rocketship" as you have a stark , grape-juice colored single amethyst (doubly-terminated ), shooting up like a rocket from a cloud of quartz sceptres below. It looks good the other way, too! I find this piece one of the most amazing and fun to look at in the entire collection, though its far from the most expensive by any stretch. Pristine save one teeny ding and a contact in back.
ex. Charlie Key
Ultra lustrous, SUPERB, doubly-terminated quartz with separate discrete smoky and amethyst phantoms. As a bonus, there are two small moving water bubbles inside.
ex. Charlie Key
A magnificent, gem-clear quartz with amethyst towards the base, smoky towards the center and a clear top with a moving water bubble right near the termination. Whoever gets this specimen is lucky -its just GORGEOUS in person in a way hard to convey in pics.
ex. Charlie Key
Cute, doubly-terminated amethyst/smoky-included quartz which has also a small water bubble within.
ex. Charlie Key
A favorite! This is a one of a kind specimen from the Gobobos area. On one side you have a doubly-terminated scepter with a purple stem and smoky top. The other crystal which is attached, is totally smoky. This is a masterpiece combination of two quartzes that look melded together!
ex. Charlie Key
An unusual amethyst/smoky quartz with skeletal faces, doubly-terminated, and a floater. The colors are more intense and the lustre higher, in person> A strange white floating object, is enclosed within?!
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