This crystal features all of the unique things that African quartzes show. First, it is dramatically scepterd. Second, it shows both amethyst blushes and smoky tones, similar to Brandberg quartzes in appearance. Third, the top part of the scepter shows interesting skeletal growth on one side. Fourth, there are inclusions of bright red little lepidocrocite crystals. And once I realized that this specimen had all of these things, I decided to look to see if there was an enclosed moving bubble (enhydro) that would cap it all off. After a few seconds of looking, I found an easily visible one! So, in one crystal, you have just about everything possible going on for an African quartz: amethyst, smoky, sceptering, lepidocrocite inclusions, an enhydro bubble, and skeletal growth. This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 24th Jul 2008