2.3" Sage-Green Quartz Crystal Cluster - Mongolia

Sage-Green Quartz Crystal Cluster - Mongolia #169891

This is a beautiful cluster of sage-green quartz crystals that were collected from Inner Mongolia. The surfaces of these crystals are covered in smaller quartz growths, giving the crystals a bumpy structure and wet appearance. Most of the green quartz out of Mongolia is a result of hedenbergite inclusions. While this crystal doesn't contain any visible inclusions, the green color is likely still a result of hedenbergite. Other trade names for these specimens are "bluish-green quartz" and "Mongolian Elestial Quartz".

This specimen has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.

Silicon Dioxide, also known as SiO2 or Quartz, is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Quartz crystals generally grow in silica-rich, hot watery solutions called hydrothermal environments, at temperatures between 100°C and 450°C, and usually under very high pressure. Quartz veins are formed when open fissures are filled with hot water during the closing stages of mountains forming, and can be hundreds of millions of years old.

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SPECIES

Quartz

LOCATION

Inner Mongolia

SIZE

2.3 x 1.4"

2.3" Sage-Green Quartz Crystal Cluster - Mongolia

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