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1.85" Polished Strawberry Quartz Egg - South Africa
This is a 1.85" tall polished egg made of strawberry quartz from South Africa. The "strawberry" effect is caused by iron oxide or hematite, while the black seams can be related to high-quality black mica biotites, creating a distinctive "black strawberry quartz" look. It comes with an acrylic ring display stand.
About Strawberry Quartz
Strawberry quartz earns its color from impurities/inclusions within the quartz, most often being iron oxide. Quartz is the name given to silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich environments--usually igneous rocks or hydrothermal environments like geothermal waters--at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. In either case, crystals will precipitate as temperatures cool, just as ice gradually forms when water freezes. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountain formation: these veins can be hundreds of millions of years old.
Strawberry quartz earns its color from impurities/inclusions within the quartz, most often being iron oxide. Quartz is the name given to silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich environments--usually igneous rocks or hydrothermal environments like geothermal waters--at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. In either case, crystals will precipitate as temperatures cool, just as ice gradually forms when water freezes. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountain formation: these veins can be hundreds of millions of years old.
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SPECIES
Quartz var. Strawberry Quartz
LOCATION
South Africa
SIZE
1.85" tall
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#356214
