Mineral Specimens with Quartz

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CKORQTZ-59 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

miniature, 3.9 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-60 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

miniature, 5.7 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
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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


CKORQTZ-61 - Quartz - $ 450
Oranje River, Namibia

small cabinet, 8.1 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
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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!!


CKORQTZ-62 - Quartz with Hematite - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

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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!


CKORQTZ-65 - Quartz with Hematite (8 inches across!) - $ 2500
Oranje River, Namibia

large cabinet, 25.3 x 23.2 x 5.0 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-66 - Quartz with Hematite - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

cabinet, 14.1 x 10.5 x 5.3 cm
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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!


CKORQTZ-67 - Quartz with Hematite - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

cabinet, 14.6 x 9.2 x 4.0 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-68 - Quartz with Hematite (13 inches across!) - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

large cabinet, 32.3 x 11.0 x 7.5 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-69 - Quartz with Hematite - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

cabinet, 13.2 x 11.1 x 10.9 cm
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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!


CKORQTZ-70 - Quartz with Amethyst - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

large cabinet, 16.6 x 11.6 x 9.7 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-71 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

miniature, 5.7 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-72 - Quartz - $ 750
Oranje River, Namibia

small cabinet, 7.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-73 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

small cabinet, 7.1 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-74 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

small cabinet, 8.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
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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.


CKORQTZ-75 - Quartz - SOLD
Oranje River, Namibia

small cabinet, 6.9 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
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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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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126
127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144
145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162
163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198
199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216
217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234
235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252
253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270
271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288
289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306
307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324
325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342
343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360
361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372

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