CLIM33 Quartz (Beta Quartz "scepter")

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.0x 4.5x 3.2 cm

$78

A pair if intersecting, stacked clusters of beta quartz.  These represent one of the more novel and unique quartz habits to come from the mine.

As with virtually all of the beta quartz specimens I have seen from this mine, the luster leaves something to be desired, but the interesting form more than compensates.