• A freeform polished piece of garden quartz with a purple-pinkish tinted large spherical chlorite inclusion, nestled in dark green inclusions with wispy colorless inclusions around it.
  • Close view of the large spherical pink-tinted inclusion, with complex inclusions around it appearing like something in space.
  • A polished piece of garden quartz held between finger and thumb for scale, in sunlight to highlight internal features. There is a thin dark green layer of chlorite through the piece, wispy colorless inclusions through a lot of it. At the bottom are dark moss-like inclusions reaching up
  • Side-view of the piece, with the kite-shaped layer of green chlorite visible, and wispy inclusions.
  • The specimen slightly tilted from the previous image to show the kite-shaped chlorite layer reaches the surface on one edge.
  • A side of the specimen filled with wispy colorless inclusions bright white in the sunlight, with a bright stripe of orange iron staining at the bottom.
  • Dark mossy inclusions of chlorite with some lighter streaky green
  • A view down one end of the piece, clear on the left but filled with lumpy dark green chlorite of the right side
  • The piece angled so the spherical pink inclusion is doubled, visible in double-view through two faces. The clear quartz reflects a rainbow in the upper right.
  • Scale image of the piece on a measuring mat, measuring two inches long by almost two inches wide.
  • The specimen with sunlight shining directly on it, appearing darker than when side-lit. A lot of the piece is clear with wispy colorless inclusions, and the dark green chlorite at the top.
  • The piece in direct sunlight, with the sphere of light pinkish chlorite surrounded by whitish wispy inclusions on a bed of mossy green chlorite.
  • The piece illuminated from below, highlighting the wispy colorless inclusions. There are lumpy light green chlorite inclusions, one of which appears to have been pulled out in polishing leaving an irregular pit on the junction between facets.
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Garden quartz freeform

Garden quartz freeform

$30.00 USD
$30.00 USD
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Approx dimensions: 2 x 1.75 x 1.5"

Approx weight: 137g

 

Garden quartz, also called lodolite, is the trade name for clear quartz included with chlorite to create a scene like a miniature mossy garden landscape. The different types of chlorite inclusions are colored by other trace elements to produce muted tones of green, purple, pink, and coppery browns, reds, and oranges. I think they’re like peering into a tide pool!

Garden quartz is generally sold polished to best reveal its internal features. The inclusions can make the garden quartz appear dark, so it can be especially captivating in bright light or when lit from underneath, illuminating the interior scene.

This piece of garden quartz has an intriguing kite-shaped flat layer of moss-green chlorite through it, creating a bold line that touches the surface on one side. I think this one looks like something you'd see in a NASA photo: there is a large round light pinkish chlorite inclusion surrounded by green chlorite inclusions and wispy colorless inclusions in the clear quartz. This one has some good rainbow-producing inclusions.

Note: because garden quartz is heavily included, it is common to see pitting on the surface where inclusions touch the surface and the softer material was pulled away in the polishing process. For the same reason it is also common to have light fracturing or chipping at points and junctions of polished faces. This specimen does exhibit these features!

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