mineral general info

Origin: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6.7 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm

Quartz with rutile and hematite

Origin: Nova Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm

Quartz with graphite inclusions

Origin: Cong Ly, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 5.1 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

Quartz with fluorite inclusion

Origin: Kounrad, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

Sample size: 7.5 x 7 x 6 cm

Byssolite included in quartz

Quartz included with an unknown yellow mineral, which follows the phantom outline, and tiny schorl crystals

Origin: Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm

Hematite included quartz with phantoms

Origin: Orange River, South Africa

Ex. Mike Keim collection

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Included quartz