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2.7" Natural Quartz Crystal Cluster with Hematite Phantoms - Morocco
This is a gorgeous, high quality cluster of natural red quartz crystals from Tinejdad, Morocco. The red coloration is due to iron oxidation (hematite) within the crystals, resulting in a deep red phantom within the crystals.
About Quartz
Quartz is the name given to silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich environments--usually igneous rocks or hydrothermal environments like geothermal waters--at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. In either case, crystals will precipitate as temperatures cool, just as ice gradually forms when water freezes. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountain formation: these veins can be hundreds of millions of years old.
Quartz is the name given to silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich environments--usually igneous rocks or hydrothermal environments like geothermal waters--at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. In either case, crystals will precipitate as temperatures cool, just as ice gradually forms when water freezes. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountain formation: these veins can be hundreds of millions of years old.
SPECIES
Quartz with Iron Oxide
LOCATION
Tinejdad, Errachidia Province, Morocco
SIZE
2.7 x 2.1"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#137456
