• Full view of a translucent white quartz point with additional smaller quartz crystals at the the base. Good quartz crystal forms are highlighted by the opacity. There are small black spot inclusions inside the piece.
  • Detail of the crystals at the base showing angular terminations. The larger of the two crystals is wedge-shaped in profile. Black sphere inclusions are visible inside the crystal.
  • Another side of the piece, with a spotty overgrowth of dull brown mineral, lumpy due to circular inclusions at the surface of the quartz.
  • The point angled so light travels through it, showing it is bright with decent translucency. There is an additional point three-dimensional on the surface of the main point. There are black spot inclusions through out the piece, but in higher concentration in the wedge-shaped crystal.
  • Another side of the piece, with the double termination of the main point and smaller wedge crystal both visible. The main point is long and slightly tapered. At the base, it has split into two points.
  • The point turned to show two sides coated in the light brown overgrowth, which is also on the backside of the smaller crystals at the base. The mineral does not grow on the edges between faces, so they appear highlighted white.
  • Detail of the main point with light shining on it, showing the sheen effect. The side with brown overgrowth has black spheres visible under that have broken the surface of the quartz and make the overgrowth bumpy.
  • The base of the piece, showing its termination. It is turned so the second point is not apparent.
  • Detail of the smaller crystal intersecting with the base, also double-terminated. There is a second small crystal on its side.
  • Scale image of the point on a measuring mat, showing it is over three inches long, inclusive of the tips.
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Inner Mongolian quartz, double-terminated

Inner Mongolian quartz, double-terminated

$25.00 USD
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Locale: HuangGangLiang mining district, Inner Mongolia, China

Approx point length: 3"

Approx weight: 40g

 

These quartz points are from HuangGangLiang, and commonly called Mongolian or Inner Mongolian quartz. This isn't your typically shiny quartz; the points have a matte luster with a sheen effect, producing a ghostly appearance. This point is translucent, with a milky off-white color likely tinted olive-gray by hedenbergite. Spherical black inclusions are visible inside.

There is one main point with several smaller ones on its base. The luster and color of this piece make its form excellent form more apparent, with good symmetry and straight edges. The main point is double-terminated, with the base split into two points. The crystal intersecting with the base of the point is also double-terminated.

One side of the piece has a light brown mineral deposited on the surface. It appears bumpy because the black spherical inclusions break the surface on this side.

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