I’ve posted the second update of many specimens to come from the John S. White quartz collection (click here). In this update there are many specimens with inclusions.

This is a superb quartz collection with wonderful specimens spanning quartz varieties and habits of all kinds, from localities around the world.

Quartz with negative crystal inclusions, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 7.5 cm

Close-up of the above specimen, field of view 3.7 cm

Quartz with epidote, phantoms and inclusions (hematite and epidote),
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Field of view 1.3 cm

Same specimen as above, “plumes” of epidote (analysed)
Field of view 0.6 cm

Quartz with astrophyllite inclusions, Zagi Mountain, Hamid Abad Kafoor Dheri,
Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkwha, Pakistan – 7.7 cm

Close-up of the above specimen, field of view 1.7 cm

Quartz (Japan Law Twin), Gunyahang Mine, Sankhuwasabha District,
Province No. 1, Nepal – 7.8 cm

Quartz, var. Amethyst, Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala, Mpumalanga,
South Africa – 7.9 cm

Quartz and fluorite, Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan, China
Field of view 3.5 cm

Quartz, Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala, Mpumalanga, South Africa – 9.8 cm

Quartz with Rutile Inclusions (rutilated quartz, cut and polished), Brazil – 8.4 cm

Quartz with Rutile Inclusions (rutilated quartz, cut and polished), Brazil – 6.6 cm

Quartz, var. Ametrine (polished slice to show sectoral zoning), Anahi Mine,
Angel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia – 8.5 cm

Quartz with epidote and inclusions (hematite “nails” and epidote),
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Field of view 2.2 cm

Closeup of above specimen – field of view 0.6 cm

Quartz, Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA – 4.8 cm

Quartz, Near North Star Mine, Little Giant Basin, San Juan Co., Colorado – 8.0 cm

Quartz, Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China – 7.2 cm

Quartz (amethyst) skeletal pseudomorph after calcite, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – 7.5 cm

Quartz, Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.5 cm of crystal shown

Quartz with helvine crystal inclusions Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co.,
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Field of view 2.5 cm

Quartz, (fenster quartz), Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Field of view 8 cm

Quartz with epidote crystal inclusions and hematite inclusions,
Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Field of view 5 cm

Quartz (Curved Crystals), Magnesite, Disentis, Grisons, Switzerland
Field of view 3.5 cm

Quartz, var. Amethyst, Cristobalite inclusions, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Field of view 2.5 cm

Quartz, var. Amethyst, Cristobalite inclusions, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Field of view 2.8 cm

Quartz (iridescent) (“iris quartz”, “rainbow quartz”), Khadekwani,
Sanawat, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India – 5.3 cm

Quartz with inclusions, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China – 6.0 cm

Quartz with inclusions, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China – 4.5 cm