Papagoite included in Quartz

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A very fine, extremely rich example of the ultra-blue mineral papagoite, included inside quartz. This is from the famous find of the late 1980s at the Messina Mine, now legendary among collectors. While ajoite in quartz was common, such rich inclusions of Papagoite were never common and were found in perhaps 1 of 100 crystals if that. These are extremely hard to obtain in any decent quality. This piece is shockingly rich, loaded with color. The quartz is doubly-terminated (also, not common!), and presents beautifully on a custom lucite base (included). As is typical of this material, most crystals were polished to reveal the inclusions within; and this is both necessary and typical of the find. Out of the ground for over 3 decades, a rare treasure among collectors of inclusions. This was in the broader African suite of the Marshall Sussman collection, before he focused it to Namibian material a few years ago.