QUARTZ WITH HEDENBERGITE & ANDRADITE

Superbly balanced arrangement of prase quartz (a term for quartz colored green by different inclusions, in this case hedenbergite) pointing in all directions, balanced atop a matrix dotted with small crimson red crystals of andradite garnet. It’s an elegant specimen with a very nice subtle contrast between the soft forest green and the deep color of the garnet around it. From discoveries in the world renowned Dal’Negorsk in eastern Russia, this is excellent for both locality and size class. There’s an old pasted label on what I consider to be the front of the specimen (as photographed), although I didn’t feel the need to remove it, it could be done fairly easy.