Garnet Group, Quartz

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An old-time, very rich and showy garnet specimen from the historic Schwarzenberg District of the western Erzgebirge. Gemmy and lustrous, sharp, chocolate-brown to golden-amber, individual to compound garnet crystals saturate all sides of the quartz matrix. The largest crystal is 7 mm. From an older museum collection dating to prior to WW I.