Included quartz

  
Quartz with chlorite inclusions at the base
Origin: Ganesh Hemal, Central Nepal, Tibet
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm
 
Quartz with carbon inclusions, water clear, doubly terminated
Origin: Hunan, China
Sample size: 2 cm
 
  
Quartz with fluid inclusions
Origin: Brandberg, Namibia
Sample size: 6 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
Quartz with chlorite inclusions near the base
Origin: Ganesh Hemal, Central Nepal, Tibet
Sample size: top 4 x 3 x 2 cm, 2nd 4 x 4 x 3 cm, 3rd 4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, bottom 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm
  
Quartz with large fluid inclusion
Origin: La Garita, Colorado, USA
Sample size: 2 cm
  
Quartz with included amphibole
Origin: Val Cavrein, Disentis, Graubunden, Switzerland
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm
 
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 5 cm
 
  
Deep red quartz with white cap
  
Scepter quartz
  
Very light green coloured quartz due to hedenbergite inclusions
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Russia
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm (top), 6 x 6 x 4 cm (2nd row), 6 x 6 x 5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Quartz with hematite inclusions and rosettes on the surface
Origin: Smallcleugh mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Quartz with graphite inclusions
Origin: Sichuan, China
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 4 cm
 
  
Stibnite crystals to 3 or 4 mm included within quartz crystals
Origin: Rye Patch, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 4 cm
 
  
Ajoite included in quartz
Origin: Messina mine, Transvall, South Africa
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Quartz with hematite inclusions
Origin: Warstein, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

     
 
  
Tourmaline inclusions in quartz crystal
Origin: Sapo Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (top), 5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (bottom)
 
Quartz with wulfenite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex Sussman Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (top), 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Quartz with rutile inclusions
Origin: Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 21.3 x 7.3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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