1.05" Glassy Smoky Quartz Crystal - Brazil
This is a beautiful smoky quartz crystal collected from Bahia, Brazil. It measures 1.05" long and contains beautiful points and faces, as well as several small rutile crystals at the point.
It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.
Rutilated quartz is a form of quartz characterized by needle-like inclusions of rutile within the quartz crystal. These inclusions mostly look golden, but they also can look silver, copper red, or deep black.
Rutile is a titanium dioxide mineral, and sometimes contains large quantities of iron oxide.
Rutile is a titanium dioxide mineral, and sometimes contains large quantities of iron oxide.
SPECIES
Quartz var. Smoky
LOCATION
Bahia, Brazil
SIZE
1.05" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#255474