Quartz, Fluorite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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A beautiful and rare pseudomorph specimen from Switzerland. I have not personally seen another like this - which I obtained from a US dealer at the Munich show in 2005 or 2006. Waxy lusterd, pink quartz has pseudomorphed a sharp, 2.5 cm, fluorite octahedron, that is aesthetically framed by glassy, smoky quartz crystals. The pseudomorph and smoky quartzes are set on weathered granite matrix. Quartz pseudomorphs after fluorite are very rare from any worldwide locality.