Included quartz

     

  

Very unusually shaped, flattened, lustrous, partially translucent and doubly terminated dark gray-green quartz crystals. The two nicely juxtaposed crystals are included by an unknown mineral - chlorite?? The backlit photo highlights the translucency.

Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex Gene Meieran Collection

Sample size: 8.2 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm

 

  

Quartz with included chalcopyrite

Origin: Crown Point Mine, Chelan Co., Washington, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.0 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm

 

  

Quartz "Enhydro"  (doubly-terminated)

Origin: Cong Ly, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 2.8 cm

 

Quartz with hematite inclusions

Origin: Camerons Cone, El Paso Co, Colorado, U.s.A.

Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 5 cm

 

  

Spessartine inclusions in smoky quartz

Origin: Tongbei, Fujian Province, China

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm

 

Tourmaline inclusions in quartz

Origin: PC Mine, Butte, Montana, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 4.8 x 3 cm

 

  

Quartz enclosing rutile and brookite

Origin: Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Sample size: 6.2 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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