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"Fenster" Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 
Back to Collection Liquidation Auctions Part II - end Jan 28
Wana, Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan
- Starting Time:1/21/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:1/28/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:SMALL CABINET
- Size Description:6.8 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Description:A beautiful near "floater" specimen of the so-called "mud Quartz" from a fairly recent find in an Alpine-type deposit in Pakistan. In Europe, these skeletal Quartz specimens are sometimes called "Fenster" (German word for window), due to the fact that the pyramidal and prism faces have a skeletal form that gives them the appearance of a window. The brownish colored "mud" inclusions are some kind of pocket clay that was frozen inside of the Quartz as it was crystallizing. Where there are no inclusions, the Quartz crystals are water-clear, and have sharp, glassy surfaces all the way around. A point on attachment on the reverse side of the specimen is the only thing keeping this piece from being a "floater". A very cool douby-terminated, multi-crystal display specimen of this unusual material.
