Quartz
specimen number:
1612009
location:
Boekenhoutshoek, Mpumalanga, South Africa
description:
Attractive glassy partly gemmy orange crystals of quartz measuring to 3.5 cm in height coming off matrix. This exhibits two generations of crystallization, with a second-generation growing of the prisons of the first generation. Crystallized all around. This material is sometimes referred to by the marketing term cactus quartz. In great condition.
Size: 13.0 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm (cabinet)
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