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Mineral Specimens with Quartz
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ex. Charlie Key
This unusually shaped cluster of quartz crystals is a complete floater with no visible points of attachment with all three crystals being doubly-terminated . The crystals are generally colorless, glassy and gemmy, with the two smaller crystals having brown hematite inclusions. The largest crystal, 3.3 cm in length, actually has a reddish-brown hematite coating. Its amazing to have all this going on in such a small miniature specimen.
ex. Charlie Key
This attractive cluster of quartz crystals is lustrous and translucent with all having a uniformly, bright orange color thanks to hematite inclusions. The largest crystal, 3.2 cm in length, as well as the other crystals, exhibits a distinct phantom at the termination
ex. Charlie Key
As far as I know, scepters of yellow quartz are quite rare. We have here two, exquisitely formed, glassy and translucent, golden, crystals in parallel growth, with the larger one measuring 8.1 cm in length. As an added bonus, there is an undertone of amethyst in the crystal terminations. Spectacular and dramatic!!
ex. Charlie Key
This magnificent cluster of quartz started out as glassy and gemmy, colorless mostly sceptered, crystals. Hematite inclusions have given the whole plate a lovely orangy-brown color with slight undertones of amethyst. Rising majestically above the rest, like a space shuttle before launching, is a 6.0 cm in length sceptered crystal. Mesmerizing!
ex. Charlie Key
Glassy and gemmy quartz crystals have been uniformly colored a terra cotta color by hematite inclusions. The crystals are all short prismatic and fairly uniform in size with the largest crystal being only 2.5 cm in length. A large, colorful plate - one of the very largest pristine clusters of this style we have seen, in fact.
ex. Charlie Key
Probably from the same pocket area as the previous plate, this group of quartz the largest crystal measures 3.0 cm in length. The crystals had milky cores which were colored intense reddish-brown by hematite inclusions. Gorgeous!
ex. Charlie Key
Also from the same pocket area as the prvious two specimens, this piece has glassy and translucent crystals to 3.25 cm in length, that are colored a very bright reddish-brown by hematite inclusions.
ex. Charlie Key
This very large plate of glassy, translucent, hematite included quartz crystals, to 6.5 cm in length, features crystals that have light rose colored prisms and much darker and richer, reddish brown, terminations. The color contrasts along with the steep triangular shape of the specimen makes this very dramatic.
ex. Charlie Key
This is a mesmerizing, large specimen. Originally, these four crystals, to 12.0 cm in length, had milky cores. A second generation of quartz crystals, exhibiting parallel growth, with good luster and translucence, were colored a lovely orange color by hematite inclusions. Each milky core is covered by hundreds of these smaller quartz crystals, all exceedingly well formed. The true color when lit normally with weak lighting is the more orange hue, though it goes a bit more red in strong incandescents as in the first shot. Superb and REALLY subtly complex in person!
ex. Charlie Key
Tens of glassy and gemmy quartz crystals with slightly smoky crystal tips have emanated from a matrix of felfspar and quartz. Surmounting the smaller crystals is a large sceptered quartz crystal with a colorless stem and a glassy and gemmy, purple, amethyst termination measuring 9.0 cm in length. A few of the smaller crystals are damaged, but the overwhelming effect is that of a major quartz group.
ex. Charlie Key
The stem of this sceptered quartz crystal, which was originally colorless, now has a dusting of rose colored hematite. This contrasts nicely with the glassy and gemmy termination which exhibits a purple, amethyst color center.
ex. Charlie Key
In a turn of events, this cluster of quartz stated out as heavily, hematite included, reddish-brown crystals, to 5.0 cm in length. A second generation of glassy and gemmy colorless crystals has grown over the terminations of the earlier formed crystals. There is minor peripheral damage , of little cosequence.
ex. Charlie Key
A large, gemmy and glassy, hematite included quartz crystal is wreathed by several smaller versions of the same crystal. The large crystal is 7.0 cm in length and exhibits an obvious phantom.
ex. Charlie Key
This sceptered quartz crystal exhibits a superb color contrast between the colorless stem and the termination which is glassy and gemmy and has brown, hematite inclusions. Killer - should be $750-100 but for a small ding atop the termination.
ex. Charlie Key
A short stem with a huge termination highlights this scepterd quartz specimen. The termination is glassy and translucent and colorless with just a hint of pastel purple amethyst color.
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