Prehnite with epidote polished tower Pick your own...:A The smoky quartz of this

The smoky quartz of this specimen is nearly entirely covered by hyalite other than one well-formed crystal jutting out the bottom and a small one in the schorl

but this specimen has fairly deep color

visible through the pink chalcedony (in the botryoidal form just to the left of my thumbnail)

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Prehnite with epidote polished tower Pick your own...:A The smoky quartz of thisApprox height: A 3. 5" sits wobbly! B 4" a bit precarious due to hollow base! C 3. 75" D 3. 5" E 3. 5" Alternately called points or obelisks, these towers are cut and polished from botryoidal prehnite pierced with dark needles of epidote. I prefer to pick towers with open cavities that reveal the mineral structure, and these points have excellent raw (natural, unpolished) edges and openings revealing the botryoidal prehnite formations. Prehnite and