Hydroxylherderite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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A rare, unique, and fine combination specimen from the Pack Rat Mine of San Diego County. A sharp, lustrous, doubly terminated, 2.3 cm, off-white hydroxylherderite crystal is perched on the side of two, intergrown, glassy and translucent, smoky quartz crystals. Older material from the Chuck Houser Collection and it also comes with a 1960s/1970s era Dawson's Minerals label. Norm Dawson was the owner and operator of the White Queen Mine from 1948-1992.