AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from South Africa > Quartz with Hematite inclusions (with phantom-growth zones) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 68428 |
Mineral: | Quartz with Hematite inclusions (with phantom-growth zones) |
Locality: | Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
Description: | Plate of many quartz crystals that have internal phantom-growth zones and transparent upper halves. The internal phantom-growth zones are red-brown hematite microcrystals that coated early generations of the quartz crystals that were then overgrown. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x6.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 8-22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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