Description
Featured here is a Clear Quartz Tower, expertly polished and cut into a sleek point. The specimen in the photo is the exact piece you will receive, selected for its clarity and structure. A 1cm scale cube is included in the image for full size reference.
Clear Quartz, also known as Rock Crystal, is a highly prized form of silicon dioxide (SiO2).
All of our Crystals are 100% Genuine Specimens & come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Key Features:
- Species: Quartz (variety: Clear Quartz / Rock Crystal)
- Chemical Formula: SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
- Crystal System: Hexagonal
- Habit: Prismatic crystals with pyramidal terminations; polished tower shape
- Colour: Colourless to translucent
- Lustre: Vitreous (glassy)
- Hardness: 7 Mohs
- Cleavage: None
- Fracture: Conchoidal
- Streak: White
Geological Context:
- Primary Localities: Brazil, Madagascar, Arkansas (USA), Himalayas — may vary depending on origin
- Depositional Environment: Common in igneous, metamorphic, and hydrothermal environments
- Geological Stage: Occurs across multiple eras, often forming in quartz veins and pegmatites
- Morphology Features: Transparent to translucent, prismatic with polished termination
- Zone / Biozone: Not applicable
- Notable: Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth’s crust and is prized for its optical clarity and piezoelectric properties
Taxonomic Notes:
- Order: Silicates
- Family: Tectosilicates
- Super Family: Quartz Group
- Formally Identified By: Known and used since antiquity; formal name from Latin quarzum (derived via German)
You will receive the exact specimen shown in the photo.
Disclaimer: All of our crystals are 100% genuine specimens and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. No stock photos are used—each listing represents the unique item you will receive.
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