Quartz

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This is a very rare California specimen with a fine pedigree: from the collection of the legendary Fred Pough. The back of the old label shows him to have acquired it 40 years ago for $25 - not a small amount for a thumbnail specimen back then (what's that, maybe $250 now?), especially considering these are infinitely harder to obtain today. Anyway: it is a perfect CALIFORNIA Japan-law quartz twin, richly included (with chlorite?) giving it pretty green color. A real prize for some lucky thumbnail collector. 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm