• A piece of cactus quartz with off white, lightly purple-tinted point tips sticking out from golden orange stained druzy.
  • Detail of the points on the cactus quartz, bright in sun and white with inclusions with darker tips tinted purple. The druzy is chunky and large.
  • Another view of the specimen showing three main points along one side, all lightly purple tinted.
  • A more distant view of the specimen showing scale, and showing the colors from a distance. The purple of the points is easier to see, surrounded in deep golden orange druzy
  • Detail of another side of the specimen without iron staining, light colored with purple tint.
  • Angled view showing the tint of purple color in the druzy on the light side of the piece.
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Cactus quartz with saturated color

Cactus quartz with saturated color

$16.00 USD
$16.00 USD
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Locale: South Africa

Approx dimensions: 2.25 x 1.75 x 1"

 Approx weight: 80g

 

Cactus quartz is also known as spirit or pineapple quartz, but as an Arizonan you know I’m gonna stick with ‘cactus’ quartz! Typical cactus quartz growth is a quartz point or cluster that is coated with small quartz crystals that grow outwards creating a prickly appearance like a cactus. Usually the tip of the quartz point will not be coated with this second generation of growth (learn more about quartz growth forms).

Cactus quartz has the tendency to be pale and desaturated, but this specimen has fairly deep color. There is light amethyst purple in the tip of the points, with a large patch of saturated iron staining on one side of the piece. The iron oxide staining is golden yellow with a red patch in the center, giving the specimen desert sunset hues.

I find cactus quartz to be an inexpensive accent piece that can make an isopod terrarium look more magical! Keep it out of wet areas to keep it cleaner, and occasionally clear frass out of nooks and crannies. Then let them climb the CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN!

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