Description/Interesting Notes:
A rare example of "blue quartz" from Spain!!! These rare and unusual specimens are
one of the only "true" examples of blue quartz!!! These crystals could be confused with
complex benitoites from a distance!!! Let me start off by saying that these crystals are in fantastic condition, they just
exhibit remarkably complex form consisting of wildly complex groups of intergrown compound crystals!!! In person the
crystals are brilliantly lustrous and loaded with sharp, complex faces!!! The color is an unmistakable, rich and showy
blue!!! The crystals have marked clarity and, upon close inspection with a loupe or scope one can
see minute blue hairs of magnesioriebeckite (the mineral to which the quartz owes its rich blue color)!!! Upon
close inspection with a loupe or a scope, one can also find some groups of paper-thin rutile crystals scattered
about the crystals and the matrix!!! Very impressive and showy rare material!!! Must be seen in person
to be fully appreciated!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
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