I’ve added more gorgeous specimens in this latest update from the John S. White quartz collection (click here).

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

Quartz, var. Amethyst (“Skunk”), oriented crystals on calcite, Artigas, Uruguay – 9.7 cm

Quartz, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil – 12.0 cm

Quartz, Collier Creek Mine, Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, US – 9.9 cm

Quartz, var. Amethyst, Artigas, Uruguay – 12.3 cm

Quartz crystal with calcite (“interrupted quartz”, or “interference quartz”),
Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia – 8.5 cm

Quartz (red quartz, or ferruginous quartz), Tinejdad,
Er Rachidia Province, Morocco – 10.3 cm

Quartz and hematite, Lechang Mine, Lechang Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China – 9.3 cm

Quartz, Collier Creek Mine, Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, US – 11.0 cm

Quartz, var. smoky quartz, on albite with muscovite,
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Quartz (var. Prase; with hedenbergite inclusions), Mega Horio, Serifos Island,
Milos, South Aegean, Greece – 11.8 cm

Quartz, var. smoky quartz, with microcline, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Field of view 6.5 cm

Quartz, var. smoky quartz, with microcline, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Field of view 1.3 cm

Quartz, Gold Lakes, Little Giant Basin, San Juan Co., Colorado – 5.6 cm

Quartz, Nashik, Maharashtra, India – 4.6 cm

Quartz (faden), Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan – 11.9 cm

Quartz (faden), Zhob District, Balochistan, Pakistan – 9.2 cm