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3.45" Smoky Quartz Crystal with Phantoms - Colorado
This is a lustrous, dark smoky quartz crystal with a city of terminations along both "healed" ends. The color is natural and has not been enhanced by heat treatment. The interior contains clear phantoms. It was mined from a private claim near Lake George in Teller County, Colorado.
Smoky quartz is a grey-brown to black variety of quartz. This common name is derived from the appearance of smoke within the quartz crystal. Depending on the location and the chemicals present during formation, smoky quartz can appear opaque black, but it is typically translucent to some extent. It is believed that the quartz gains this color from a combination of natural irradiation and aluminum impurities.
SPECIES
Quartz var. Smoky
LOCATION
Lake George, Teller County, Colorado
SIZE
3.45" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#259943
