Quartz (var. Hematoid), Orthoclase

Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

8,5x7x4 cm. (main Quartz 3,5 cm – main Orthoclase 5 cm.)

From a large and old Baveno collection, here for sale a selected and rare specimen composed by pinkish and cream colored Orthoclase in association with shiny and translucent hematoid Quartz crystals aesthetically emerging from the matrix; the most striking aspect of this specimen is that only the quartz tips are intensely hematoid for a final catch-eye display. Baveno is one of the most well known feldspar localities in the world and today is very difficult to obtein old classic specimens showing these characteristics.