Citrine on Quartz And Danburite - image 1

Citrine on Quartz And Danburite

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This is an extremely showy example of dramatic Mexican citrine that came out of a few small pockets around 2002-2003. In fact, for its size, it is one of the best I saw (and I viewed most of the lot with the sources). I recall that this was bought immediately at Tucson by the Brownlees who saw the lot a few minutes before me, in whose collection it has resided until a recent exchange. All the rest promptly sold at the same show, from what I recall. No other piece like it, I think, is available on the market otherwise. This specimen has top color, a rich orange hue; and top sparkly luster. The citrine forms a 4-6 mm thick layer atop and completely blanketing 2 large quartz crystals and even a danburite perched in the middle. The entire specimen is pristine save for a ding on the rear-top termination back of the smaller crystal among the three major points here (the danburite in the middle), not visible from the display side in any case. Little helectitic growths of pure citrine formed, linking the individual crystals elegantly.