Quartz (var: Smoky) on Microcline color change GEM / gemmy Quartz prisms

GEM / gemmy Quartz prisms on matrix

This particular specimen is complete and pristine on all sides

and the piece is crystallized all the way around save the bottom where it detached from the pocket

and a surprise discovery from early 2011

it's a textbook monoclinic "chisel"-shape and rarely seen from anywhere in Myanmar

Quartz (var: Smoky) on Microcline color change GEM / gemmy Quartz prismsSeveral wonderful, sharp, very well formed, euhedral, DARK Smoky Quartz crystal with lustrous faces sit atop a thin plate of crystallized pink Microcline. A great representative specimen from this productive pegmatite locality in Colorado. Specimen# CO712B180