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Smokey Quartz

Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143

Stone : Smokey Quartz
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #143
Design : Weimar The Second (Fred Van Sant)
Origin : O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 22 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 13 x 26 x 10mm
Price : $880 AUD

Comments : A big O'Briens Creek smokey quartz with those wonderful characteristic tones. The design is an interesting one and is kind of an elongated octagon and it works very well in this material. There is a very small veil inclusion in one corner but otherwise eye clean.


See the original rough stone here.

Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #143

 
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146

Stone : Smokey Quartz
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #146
Design : Mock Check Square (Jeff Graham)
Origin : O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 12.25 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 14 x 14 x 9.5mm
Price : $550 AUD

Comments : Here is a monster smokey quartz from O'Briens Creek. It has those delicious "Raw Umber" and "Metalic Bronze" tones that look fantastic in gold. A top gem!


See the original rough stone here.

Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #146

 

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Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137

Stone : Smokey Quartz
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #137
Design : Mock Check Square (Jeff Graham)
Origin : O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 8.5 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 12mm X 12mm X 8.5mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : A very nicely coloured and toned smokey quartz! This is not your average run-of-the-mill irradiated black/grey smokey that you see so much of in the market place... this is the real, natural thing. Smokey quartz can be a very beautiful gemstone when it is cut well and has just the right saturation. I couldn't name exactly what the color tones were so I had a look at the colour charts for "Old Holland" painting oils and figured that the closest matches were "Raw Umber" and "Metalic Bronze". This is an especially nice smokey! It was cut from a piece that I hand dug myself in the hole that I have been working all season. I think this stone would be sensational set in gold!

A wonderful smokey like this would make a worthy addition to any collector's brag box... after all, when was the last time you saw a precision cut natural smokey in a modern design?
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137
Smokey Quartz, O'Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, NQ, Australia, #137

 

 

 

 

 

 

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