Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)
Neuschwaben Farm 73, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
15 x 12 x 9 cm. This is a gigantic compound scepter. The head is composed of dozens of gemmy, doubly-terminated Smoky Quartz crystals. The Smoky Quartzes average about 2 cm in size, have excellent luster and, remarkably, only a few have suffered any damage in what had to be a torturous extraction process given the small pockets in which these ...
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