Included quartz

Quartz scepter with lepidolite inclusions

Origin: Denny Mountain, King Co., Washington, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.7 x 1.4 x 5 cm

Quartz with included hematite on hematite matrix

Origin: Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria (Cumberland), England, UK

Ex. Clarence Bement collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm

Quartz with elbaite inclusions on elbaite

Origin: Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Sample size: 4.8 cm in total height

Quartz with rutile inclusions

Origin: Bahia, Brazil

Sample size: 2 x 1.6 x 4 cm

Quartz with tourmaline inclusions

Origin: Baja California, Mexico

Ex. Willard Perkin collection

Sample size: 22 mm tall

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

Fluorite inclusions in quartz

Origin: Miandrivazo, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Sample size: 7.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm (top), 5.9 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm (2nd row), 6.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm (3rd/4th row), 9.5 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm (5th row), 8.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (6th row), 8.0 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

Quartz with clay inclusions

Origin: Bahia, Brazil

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 8.5 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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