Included quartz

  
Quartz with included rutile and brookite
Origin: Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan
Sample size: 5.3 x 4.3 x 1.6 cm
 
  
Quartz included by hedenbergite ("prasem" quartz) on andradite
Origin: Pavlovka Mine, Far East Russia
Sample size: 7.6 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
 
     
Quartz with tourmaline inclusion
Sample size: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Marty Zinn collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

     
 
     
 
  
 
     
 
  
 
  
 
  
Fluorite inclusions in quartz
Origin: Miandrivazo Province, Madagascar, Africa
Sample size: 8.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm (top left), 8.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm (top middle), 5.5 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm (top right), 5.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (2nd row left), 6.6 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (2nd row middle), 6.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm (2nd row right), 6.6 x 1.5 x 1 cm (3rd row left), 8.3 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (3rd row right), 7.2 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm (4th row), 7.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (5th row left), 5.6 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm (5th row right), 5.7 x 3 x 2 cm (6th row), 4.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Rutile in quartz
Origin: Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Ex. Hammad Gems
Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm
 
        
Chlorite inclusions phantom in quartz
Origin: Nikolai-Shot, Polar Urals, Russia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection (KQ Minerals)
Sample size: 4.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
 
  
  
Terminated quartz crystal with spiders and cluster of acicular hollandite inclusions
Origin: Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar
Ex. Alex Genazzani colection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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