Spessartine, Fluorite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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An AESTHETIC and UNCOMMON combination CABINET plate from the Tongbei Area of China. Very gemmy and lustrous orange spessartine garnets to 6 mm richly cover matrix along with lustrous, smoky quartz crystals and one, frosted, very light green fluorite octohedron. A couple of broken smoky crystals are barely noticeable and are certainly not detracting. Very few of these spessartine/fluorite combo pieces have come from Tongbei. The back and one side has been sawed to enhance display. 10.9 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm