Schorl, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)
Unknown Owner
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A fine, two-sided cabinet combination specimen from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. Superb, mirror-bright, jet-black schorl crystals are set on a solid, 3-dimensional matrix of lustrous, intergrown, smoky quartz crystals. One side has a 4.3 cm, mounded cluster of intergrown schorl crystals. The other side features isolated to clustered schorl crystals to 2.8 cm, many doubly terminated. Ex. Marshall and Charlotte Sussman Collection, purchased in Namibia.
Product details
SpeciesSmoky quartz, Quartz, Schorl
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.0 x 8.7 x 7.5 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Erongo Mountains
Known provenance
| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2024 | Unknown Owner | Not disclosed |
| — | The Arkenstone | Not disclosed |
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