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5.6" Himalayan Quartz Crystal Cluster with Chlorite Inclusions
This is a 5.6" wide quartz crystal cluster, collected from the Himalayan Mountains. Some of the quartz crystals contain chlorite inclusions, indicated by the forest green color that can be found throughout the crystals. Both sides of this cluster, contains quartz crystals.
This specimen comes with an acrylic display stand.
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 & Chlorite Inclusions
LOCATION
Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal
SIZE
5.6 x 4.8"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#63044
