Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)
Petersen Mountain Quartz Mines, Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction area, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
9.5 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm. A big, superb, extremely impressive specimen of sceptred smoky quartz from Nevada. Not only is it big, but the sceptering is truly dramatic, with not only the original sceptre cap, but a second, gemmy crystal that has wrapped itself around this cap! What is more, this specimen is multiply terminated on the bottom as well (the ...
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