Clear Quartz with Green Chlorite Inclusions Polished Standing Point - 45mm, 72g

Clear Quartz with Green Chlorite Inclusions Polished Standing Point - 45mm, 72g

Regular price £18.99 Sale

Locality - Madagascar
Size – 45 x 39 x 30mm
Weight – 72g

This quartz standing point features unusual, dark forest green chlorite 'moss' inclusions across one termination face and at one side of its base. It has been expertly shaped to a classic crystal point form, polished to a high lustre with some natural chlorite growth pits left intact, and stands freely on its base.


About Quartz

Quartz is the most common mineral found on the surface of the Earth, occurring in virtually every locality. Pure crystals are colourless, transparent and hard, though many are coloured by natural processes such as irradiation or by the presence of certain elements within them. These coloured varieties include the popular gemstones amethyst, purple quartz, and citrine, yellow quartz. Some quartz crystals have unique inclusions of minerals that have grown within them, such as golden rutile, tourmaline or chlorite, and others may show silvery reflective internal veils and bright rainbows. Whilst the majority of quartz is created from molten magma that has cooled and crystallized, much quartz also chemically precipitates from hot hydrothermal veins. Well-formed crystals deep within the Earth can reach colossal sizes, with some measuring several meters in length and weighing hundreds of kilograms.