$150.00 €131 £110.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
A splendid, ex-matrix, single Quartz crystal, colourless but with a hint of smokiness and verging on Rock Crystal due to its superb transparency. From Abbeytown mine & quarry at Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland, where good quality Quartz and Calcite crystals have been found sporadically. The faces of both the termination and prism faces are mirror-smooth and with razor-sharp edges, although some edges suffer from occasional dings and bruises. The termination is asymmetric in that the six prism faces terminate in a four sided, skewed pyramid. This specimen probably originates from the old mine workings as it has a Ward’s Natural Science (Rochester, N.Y.) printed label which will pre-date the modern quarry.