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Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 75480
Mineral:Quartz with Hematite phantom-growth zones
Locality:Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous transparent quartz crystals with internal phantom-growth zones of microscopic red-brown hematite inclusions that coated early generations of the quartz crystals that were then overgrown. Collected in 2004
Overall Size:8.5x6x4.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 27 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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