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Quartz Specimens
Quartz is the most common mineral on the face of the Earth. It is found in nearly every geological environment
and is at least a component of almost every rock type. It is also the most varied in terms of varieties, colors and
forms. This variety comes about because of the abundance and widespread distribution of quartz. A collector could easily have
hundreds of quartz specimens and not have two that are the same due to the many broad catagories.
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Totally weird and wonderful crystal cluster from Madagascar. I don't even know how to begin describing this specimen.
I guess the best thing to do is let the pictures tell the story. Truly extraordinary piece! Approx. size: 72x50x34
Weight: 111 grams
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Very, very cool little cluster from Madagascar with milky crystals and some fantastic little crystals growing all over
the sides of the larger main crystals. Approx. size: 60x40x23 Weight: 54.9 gm.
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Unique little smokey quartz from Mt. Ida, Ar. with three small double-terminated crystals scattered along it's length.
Mounted in a labelled perky box. Approx. Size: 30x4x3 Weight: 3.3 cts.
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Pretty little double crystal piece from the Mount Ida area of Arkansas. Unfortunately the crystal in the back of
the ohoto has suffered some damage from mining. Approx. size: 29x46x39 Weight: 42.3 grams
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Palm-sized, my palm anyway, double-terminated crystal harvested near Jesseville, Arkansas. Unfortunatly, the tip
was dinged a little bit, and there is some other minor damage here and there around the crystal. While it's not completely
clear, it's not as milky as it appears in the photos either. Still, it's a very powerful specimen for your collection!
Approx. size: 81x61x39 Weight: 204 grams
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Truly incredible specimen of dark smoky quartz from the classic location of Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Mounted in a
1½" perky box. Approx. size: 27x26x21 Weight: 11.3 gm.
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The picture just does not do justice to this beautiful crystal cluster from the Klamath River in California. This
piece literally sparkles in the sunlight and is one of the most attractive specimens of milky quartz I have ever seen.
Approx. size: 48x38x12 Weight: 22.7 grams
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Another cute little specimen from the Klamath River, Ca. This piece has a thin layer of chalcedony across the bottom.
Approx. size: 30x25x15 Weight: 13.4 grams
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One last piece from the Klamath River in northern California. This is a really beautiful sparkling specimen.
Approx. size: 40x25x10 Weight: 8.9 grams
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Two lots of six small Herkimer diamonds from upstate New York.
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Amazingly awesome cluster of Herkimer diamonds from Fonda, New York. There are four indivdual crystals about 10
t0 14 mm high and five more about half that size sitting on a bed of druzy crystals. Approx. size: 56x33x25 Weight:
34.8 grams
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Awesome polished crystal from Brazil with at least nine phantoms within it. Approx. size: 45x14x14 Weight:
18.6 grams
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Nice chunky little polished crystal from Bahia, Brazil inside of which I can count at least three phantoms.
Approx. size: 33x24x18 Weight: 20.9 grams
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Fantastic squat, polished quartz crystal from Bahia, Brazil with multiple phantoms. Approx. Size: 35x25x20 Weight:
25.7 grams.
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I can see one really distinct phantom and two very light ones in this polished crystal from Bahia, Brazil.
Approx. size: 41x24x19 Weight: 23 grams
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Pretty little hand-polished crystal from Bahia, Brazil that has a small faint green chlorite phantom near it's base that
did not come out in the photo at all. If you're interested, I would be happy to send you better photos of this specimen.
Approx size: 23x11x10 Weight: 4.2 grams.
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Elegant little reddish-orange crystal cluster known commonly as a "Pecos diamond." These lovely little crystals
are found along the Pecos River in New Mexico. Makes a nice thumbnail mounted in a 1¼" perky box. Approx. size:
21x16x8 Weight: 2.7 gm.
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One more beautiful little crystal cluster of Pecos diamonds from the Pecos River, New Mexico. Approx. size: 19x14x9
Weight: 2.4 gm.
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Many, many years ago, when I was a wandering gypsy, I acquired about a dozen or so of these wonderful little drusy quartz
pieces from another wandering rock gypsy that I met on the east coast. He had collected them somewhere in Florida,
he never told me where. They were super, super sparkly in the sunlight and we made wire-wrapped pendants out of most
of them and only kept a few for ourselves. I was cleaning an old drawer out the other day and found the last two, so
here's one for sale! Approx. size: 26x21x10 Weight: 4.76 gm.
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