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Lot 8222

Bi-Color Spodumene with Black Quartz

4 December 2005, 11:00 PST
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Bi-Color Spodumene with Black Quartz

Mawee Mine
Laghman, Afghanistan

A three-dimensional specimen, viewable from all sides, with the reverse having the entire surface covered with white bladed clevelandite crystals. The face consisting of an unusually lustrous bi-color spodumene twinned crystal. On the left the crystal is bright pink at the center, graduating to green on the side. The crystal on the right has a more delicate pink at the front but is a deeply saturated fuschia when viewed from the top, i.e from a different axis. It features characteristic striations to its faces while a conglomeration of small black quartz crystals encrust the base and a large complex crystal of black quartz rests between. Measuring 7 ¼ x 7 ½ x 5 ½ in.

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