Quartz (Faden)

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A strange Japanese quartz, showing a clear and dramatic faden line down the middle more characteristic of alpine quartzes than anything I have seen from japan before. in fact, I have never seen a Japanese faden of any quality before. This one was probably found before they had described the phenomenon, and erroneously labeled as a "distorted twin." It is miraculously one of the best-preserved old Japanese quartzes from this locality that I have seen, and has no damage save only a small nick at the bottom. Otherwise, it is pristine and complete all around! The Allan Crunden Collection was one of the major collections on the East Coast of the mid-1900s.