Quartz Var. Citrine

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This quartz crystal is like a natural cut jewel. The faces are so sharp and flawless, the edges so clean and razorlike, the internal clarity so limpid, it LOOKS cut. The quartz is doubly-terminated, with a bit of lepidolite and a spray of cleavelandite at the bottom tip to give it the look of attached matrix although really the whole piece is a floater with no attachment point. It is the single finest quality quartz crystal I have seen from the tourmaline-famed Pederneira Mine, citrine or not. And it IS citrine...having a distinct orange color when set against white background. The color is not intense, but its there. This specimen was in the collection of Pederneira mine partner Daniel Trinchillo, who sold it to Steve Smale several years ago. Steve collects fancy gem crystals of the highest perfection and quality - seldom a quartz! But this is on equartz that transcends, and holds its own vs. the fancier tourmalines and gem minerals of Brazil. I fear I have used too much hyperbole in writing but honestly, it is THAT good. The thing is mesmerizing.