Ilvaite, Quartz

Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China

11,4x7x6,5 cm.  (Ilvaite 9,7×5,5×4,5 cm.)

The world’s finest ilvaite specimens come from this remote Chinese locality and this high-end specimen is a worthy representative of it; this big complex crystal perfectly terminated, with superb luster and jet-black color, is at the base surrounded by many white Quartz crystals which give a striking aesthetic effect.