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Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Russia

 
Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Russia

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Russia

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 57907
Mineral:Quartz var. Gwindel-habit
Locality:Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Russia
Description:Superb open gwindel formation of transparent medium-smoky quartz. A gwindel formation is composed of doubly-terminated quartz crystals stacked with a slight twist in orientation. This is the best and largest gwindel quartz I have ever owned. Originally acquired from Van Scriver in 1995
Overall Size:12x10x4 cm
Crystals:10-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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