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3.2" Botryoidal Chalcedony Stalactite Formation - Morocco
This is a beautiful geode section that contains botryoidal chalcedony stalactite formations within the cavity. It was collected from the Atlas Mountains of Sidi Rahal, Morocco. The layers of chalcedony can be seen when viewing the edges of the specimen.
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 var. Chalcedony
LOCATION
Sidi Rahal, Atlas mountains, El Kelaa des Sraghna province, Morocco
SIZE
3.2 x 2.3"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#127989
