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Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

 
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal from Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 70109
Mineral:Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal
Locality:Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China
Description:Many lustrous transparent orange trapezohedral striated spessartine garnet crystals to 3 mm scattered over one face of translucent smoky quartz partial crystal. Colorless hyalite opal on the edges fluoresces green under SW UV illumination.
Overall Size:8.5x7x1.5 cm
Crystals:2-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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