Quartz (Tessin Habit)

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From an old alpine classics collection that was being dispersed at the Tucson 2012 show, this is an exemplary example of a Tessin-style quartz crystal. Not only this: but it is gorgeous and gemmy; AND on a nice granite matrix; AND from the namesake locality for such habit. It is good on its own merits, style points aside. A very good reference site for explaining the unique rarity of Tessin style quartz crystals is this one: http://www.quartzpage.de/crs_habits.html. Seldom do we find such nice examples, with all the qualities we would want of a display specimen. Usually, you just get nice "singles" from this locale.