Natural Madagascan Quartz and Green Fluorite Cluster - 144mm, 1145g

Locality - Madagascar
Size – 144 x 120 x 62mm
Weight – 1145g

This quartz cluster displays many large, chunky and slightly smoky crystal points liberally coating a sturdy matrix along with some vivid green fluorite. Despite some significant fractures to its termination points, it is still a unique and attractive specimen with excellent display potential.

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.