• Detail of well-formed clustered peak growth of red quartz. A point on the other side is positioned behind them, oriented horizontally. Its main face is inverted with a druzy surface.
  • Detail of druzy on the quartz points, a saturated orange-red with small matte black spots dotting the surface.
  • A red quartz cluster in direct sunlight. The specimen has a white quartz base with deep brown-red color on crystals pointed in different directions, with this front side covered in glittering druzy.
  • The back of the specimen, with a sideways point
  • Angled view looking down at the front of the specimen, with shadows highlighting the structure of the quartz points. The druzy glows near red in sunlight with the black pepper spots visible
  • Looking down the points on the front side of the piece, with thick druzy glittering in the light
  • Side-view of the specimen, with a white quartz base that turns deeper red-orange at the tips of crystals.
  • Detail of the cluster on the backside, multiple intersecting crystals with excellent growth forms and almost streaky appearing red coloration under the surface. The mineral is more clear on the surface, glowing orange.
  • Detail of points along the edge of the specimen, with some hexagonal cross-sections of broken crystals visible.
  • Detail of a quartz point on the specimen in indirect light, with excellent form visible on one side and the other side covered with thick glittery red druzy with black dots.
  • Detail of the glittery druzy, with small quartz crystals poking through.
  • Detail of a small quartz point sticking out of the druzy, with patches of druzy nearby with a lighter yellowish color.
  • The specimen on a wood shelf indoors, showing the piece is self-standing and has a darker color indoors.
  • Scale image of the specimen on a measuring mat, measuring about four inches wide and five and a half inches long with some of the larger crystals protruding to seven inches.
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Red quartz cluster, two-in one specimen

Red quartz cluster, two-in one specimen

$75.00 USD
$75.00 USD
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Locale: Morocco

Approx dimensions: 2 x 2 x 2", longest crystal 3.8 cm

Approx weight: 299g

 

Also known as hematite or ferruginous (iron-bearing) quartz, this unusual red quartz cluster gets its color from oxidized hematite. Hematite can manifest in multiple ways: as a color-causing agent in the quartz creating tones of red, orange, black, and brown; growing small red or black spots inside the quartz; or growing as a matte layer on the surface of the quartz.

This quartz initially was colorless, but a change occurred during the growth process that introduced hematite inclusions, making the newer growth orange-red. Broken crystals along the edge reveal a colorless interior with by a layer of red-tinted quartz under the surface.

Both sides of this specimen are intriguing and display different types of quartz growth. One side features an excellent cathedral growth form with a light phantom effect of the hematite layer visible under the surface of the quartz. A large tabular quartz running horizontally separates the two sides. The other side is coated in glittering hematite-included quartz druzy polka-dotted with black hematite spots. 

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