AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Quartz with rare crystal faces and etching |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 42584 |
Mineral: | Quartz with rare crystal faces and etching |
Locality: | Brazil |
Description: | Flawless water-clear colorless quartz crystal with no matrix attached. The quartz crystal has only three termination faces with unusual edge faces plus a large S-face face {2111} and many other secondary and tertiary faces. A crystallographers challenge! Ex. Steve Chamberlain collection #1279; ex. Tiffanys |
Overall Size: | 53x25x18 mm |
Crystals: | 53 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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