Specimen #663

Name: Spessartine with Smoky Quartz

Type: Mineral

Locality: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 6.9 x 5.0 x 5.1 cm

Weight: 98

Acquired: 2008-05-08

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: Y

Comment: The matrix is covered with small, gemmy red-orange spessartine garnets, and there are a couple of smokies here, one of which is a VERY uncommon (for these) doubly-terminated crystals that penetrates right through edge of the matrix (you can see it at bottom - the specimen is resting on one of the terminations in the pic).

Minerals: Abrazite

There are 2 pictures on file

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Spessartine with Smoky Quartz, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China (6.9 x 5.0 x 5.1 cm)

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Spessartine with Smoky Quartz, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China