QUARTZ

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Reputedly a soapstone (Steatite) mine since the 16th century, the Johannes mine at Göpfersgrün in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany continued operating right through until at least the 1 990s in a opencast pit. During the 1980s and early 1990s some fine Quartz specimens were recovered by collectors including banded Amethyst, Smoky Quartz crystals and sprays of colourless to white Quartz crystals. This excellent cabinet-sized display specimen from Hans Engelbrecht's collection features a lovely, 7.5 cm wide hedgehog-like radiating spray of terminated predominantly white crystals at one end of thin cream coloured matrix, with a well-defined 6 cm wide 'bow-tie' spray of Quartz crystals at the other end. There is no obvious damage to the tips of these Quartz crystals and many display unusual stepped prism sides, adding to their character. Show more