I’ve added excellent new specimens from the John S. White collection (click here). The theme of this update began as quartz with inclusions, but there are specimens exhibiting other phenomena as well – phantoms, zoning, selective deposition. In some cases, the additional mineral is truly the feature – indeed, a few of these specimens might better be characterized as rutile with quartz. There are also wonderful specimens with hematite, tourmaline, and more.

Quartz var. amethyst with hematite inclusions, Mandritsara, Sofia, Madagascar – 4.1 cm

Close-up of the above specimen
Field of view 1.6 cm

One more close-up of this amazing specimen
Field of view 0.7 cm

Quartz, with tourmaline and hematite inclusions, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 13.0 cm

Close-up of the above specimen

Quartz with brookite and rutile inclusions from Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan – 6.4 cm

Rutile in and on quartz, from the Cascalho Claim, near Conselheiro Pena,
Minas Gerais, Brazil – 10.7 cm

Close-up of the above specimen

Field of view 1.5 cm

Quartz with rutile inclusions from the Cascalho Claim, near Conselheiro Pena,

Minas Gerais, Brazil – 5.4 cm

Quartz with rutile inclusions from the Cascalho Claim, near Conselheiro Pena,
Minas Gerais, Brazil – 3.7 cm

Rutile in quartz from the Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Field of view 1.1 cm

Quartz with rutile from Adams Farm, Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
Field of view 0.8 cm

Quartz, clinochlore inclusions, Tipling Mine, Ganesh Himal,
Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal – 6.0 cm

Quartz (sceptres), Clinochlore inclusions, Tipling Mine, Ganesh Himal,
Dhading District, Province No. 3, Nepal – 5.2 cm

Quartz, chlorite inclusions, Brazil – 7.5 cm

Quartz, Hematite inclusions, Brazil – 3.2 cm

Quartz, var. Amethyst, Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi,
Tata Province, Souss-Massa, Morocco – 3.3 cm

Quartz, var. smoky quartz, Akzhailyou, Kazakhstan – 5.2 cm

Quartz, var. amethyst with cristobalite inclusions, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rutile and quartz, Khaplu, Ghanche Distict, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan – 5.1 cm

Quartz, molybdenite inclusions, Confianza Mine, Tilama, Coquimbo, Chile

Quartz, Hematite inclusions, Metabetchouan-Lac-a-La-Croix,
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada – 4.7 cm

Quartz, var. Ametrine, Anahi Mine, Angel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia – 4.8 cm

Close-up of the above specimen
Field of view 2.0 cm

Quartz with inclusions, Brazil – 4.4 cm

Quartz, elbaite tourmaline inclusions, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 4.3 cm

Quartz with phantom and inclusions, Joaquin Felicio, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 7.8 cm

Quartz, Clinochlore inclusions, Rougemont Quarry, Rougemont,
Durham Co., North Carolina, USA – 5.0 cm

Quartz with pyrite inclusions, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Field of view 0.8 cm

Quartz with phantom, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 4.0 cm

Quartz (Sceptre), Hematite inclusions, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India – 4.1 cm

Quartz, moving black bubble, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China

Quartz with selective deposition of marcasite, Dal’negorsk,
Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 2.8 cm