Locality: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Size Class: Very Large Cabinet. Collection: Private. This huge quartz crystal is virtually pristine and complete all around, and weighs in at 60 pounds. It is half a meter tall, and it possesses a remarkable poise and quality of aesthetics for such a large quartz specimen. It is balanced on a proportional amount of matrix at the bottom which supports and accents this major crystal. Most crystals of this size are simply broken off the matrix in collecting or transport and are not preserved. Note the exceptional gemminess at the top of the crystal. In person, this is much more translucent to transparent than it appears, but of course the camera sees through the surface and into the crystal, magnifying every internal flaw by light refractions, and creating a more cloudy image compared to what the human eye discerns. This is an important display specimen, worthy of any museum or collection of large showpieces. It comes with a large custom lucite base, into which the crystal can slide removably. On consignment from a private museum. Size 50.0 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm.