Spessartine Garnet on and Included in Quartz - image 1

Spessartine Garnet on and Included in Quartz - image 2

Spessartine Garnet on and Included in Quartz - image 3

Spessartine Garnet on and Included in Quartz

Once more common in the market, material from this mine dried up over the last few years. I had bought a private collection in China which had a suite of exceptional pieces collected in the heyday here from about 2002-2007. This was then in my own collection of Chinese minerals. This is a superbly formed, lustrous and translucent quartz crystal, measuring 14.7 cm in length - unusually fine in quality for this location in terms of luster and sharpness. It is studded with hundreds of glassy and gemmy, bright orange-colored spessartine crystals, to 3 mm across. Such large, pristine crystals where both species are of this high quality are almost unheard of, and the locality is effectively mined out. Very dramatic and beautiful! As a bonus, there are small orange gem garnets included INSIDE the tip of the quartz, seen on close inspection.

Unknown Owner

Product details

Species

Quartz, Garnet, Spessartine

SizeCabinet

Dimensions15.0 x 9.1 x 5.3 cm

Locality

China, Fujian, Wushan Spessartine Mine

Added on10/23/2024

Comments

Known provenance

2024/08