Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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What a spectacular and unusual crystal from Brandberg! It has not only unusually large size, but an amazing structure: a dramatic scepter growing in one direction, and a complex architectural form in the other! The scepter is actually one of two terminations at its end of the crystal; there is some tip damage on the scepter, but I think this specimen is more about bizarre form and size than a pristine nature. The scepter has that Brandberg gemminess about it, and the big end has isolated blushes of the smoky color amidst milky quartz. The faces have glassy luster.