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Spodumene, Afganistan
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Spodumene with smokey quartz - 12.6 cm - $9000
Mawi, Laghman Province, Afganistan
Photo: Jeff Scovil
The top quality spodumene specimens in the world, without a doubt, are from Afganistan. This piece is particularly special. The spodumene, itself, has a bright, glowing, gold hue, with a profoundly massive termination. Accompanying the spodumene are two, separate pieces of smokey quartz. The larger of the two smokey quartz pieces is what really sets this specimen apart from any other spodumene matrix specimen that I have seen. This larger smokey quartz is a piece of beta quartz! Beta quartz is rare, in itself, but to see such a large example of it connected to an impressive, golden spodumene, such as this, which, in turn, allows the entire specimen to stand upright, by itself, is almost unimaginable! This is a highly lustrous and aesthetic specimen in every sense.