Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Phenakite

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Gemmy and glassy, water-clear to opaque, coated phenakite crystals to 1.9 cm scattered on a DRAMATIC, doubly terminated, partially transparent, LARGE CABINET smoky quartz crystal from the famous Klein Spitzkoppe of Namibia. This old piece comes with a Vienna, Austria - label in German. Very, very trivial damage overall, for such a large piece. Probably from the early days of mining here in early 1900s 24.0 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm