Spessartine, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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A beautiful and aesthetic plate dominated by a leaning, pristine, glassy, 4.2 cm smoky quartz crystal. The two smoky quartzes and the plate are richly covered with very gemmy, orange spessartine garnets to 6 mm. This is a highly representative example of the recent finds from Tongbei, China.