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3.3" Natural, Dark Red Quartz Crystal Cluster - Morocco
This is a gorgeous specimen of iron-oxide coated quartz, collected in Morocco. This cluster is 3.3" long, and the crystals display rich red-orange coloring. The coloration is natural and due to iron oxidation both outside, and included 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 Coating
LOCATION
Tinjedad, Morocco
SIZE
3.3" long, 1.9" side
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#51557
