| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arkansas > Quartz with Chlorite phantoms |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 42549 |
| Mineral: | Quartz with Chlorite phantoms |
| Locality: | near Paron, Saline County, Arkansas |
| Description: | Classic specimen of transparent colorless quartz crystals with translucent green chlorite internal phantoms visible inside. The phantoms formed when the early crystal was coated with chlorite, then overgrown with more quartz trapping the phantom inside. |
| Overall Size: | 6x4x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-28 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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