Image: Quartz-266169

Description: Quartz Locality: Avery County, North Carolina, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 9.8 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm. An uncommonly glassy, transparent and striking quartz crystal from the Vandall King and Richard Hauck Collections. This complete-all-around, doubly terminated crystal has incredibly pronounced, recessed, skeletal features and amazing, parallel, clay inclusions that give the crystal an-other-worldly look. The back is heavily etched, but has no damage. This riveting, very uncommon, older specimen is from Avery County, North Carolina, which is well-known for quartz and hyalite opal specimens. The Hauck collection was one of the largest quartz collections in the US.
Title: Quartz-266169
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-266169.html
Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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