Spessartine

Superb, complete orange Spessartine with good translucency and large areas of internal transparency, one of the best of the find. This is a complete crystal all around with no contacts - only a small minority of the find are complete crystals, most are shards or have contacts on at least 1 or two sides. Of the complete crystals, most have lots of black inclusions - this piece has only 3 small black inclusions that are in generally the same location, almost the entire crystal is free of the dark inclusions. This piece has it all, completeness of form, freedom of inclusions, and best color. I backlit the crystal in the lower photo to try to show the internal transparency. Crystal is 2.9cm in diameter.