A cut and polished section of a quartz crystal containing a beautiful lattice of rutile crystals. The rutile crystals have a bright almost-metallic sheen under the lights, and under magnification once can see how intricate and delicate the rutile crystals are, protected within the quartz. A very nice specimen from the John S. White collection. […]

A pair of good-sized amethyst crystals with lots of cristobalite balls. Some cristobalite balls are entirely included, below the amethyst crystal surfaces. However, others are exposed and bisected, being along the joint-contact surfaces with formerly-adjacent amethyst crystals – in these exposed partial balls, once can see microscopic crystalline cristobalite. The amethyst itself has nice rich […]

A thin polished slice of a smoky quartz crystal – the cross-section shows beautiful concentric zoning. An excellent specimen from the John White quartz collection. About John S. White (click here)

A gorgeous quartz crystal with “hourglass” amethyst zoning. This crystal is doubly-terminated, sharp and in excellent condition – no damage. The crystals at this find grew against a sugary matrix from which they separate easily, so the back sides of the crystals from Bou Oudi are flattened and with a different interrupted growth texture. This […]

This piece of quartz has been cut and polished to highlight the beautiful hematite inclusions it contains. The inclusions are mostly highly elongated silvery black needle-like growths, and some have transparent red platy crystals in association – they look awesome under magnification. The amethystine zone at the bottom adds nice purple to this piece from […]

This is a super display specimen – it stands perfectly as photographed. The quartz crystals are densely included with small pseudo-hexagonal plates of a chlorite-group mineral. This specimen is in excellent condition, no damage. The locality information given is very broad, but I note that there are small epidote crystals on this piece with the […]

This is a beautiful specimen of Tipling Mine quartz! The quartz crystals are sharp and lustrous with clinochlore inclusions and several feature colourless sceptres, with minimal to no inclusions, giving the piece great contrast and a really striking look. In excellent condition, from the John S. White quartz collection. About John S. White (click here)

A gorgeous specimen of slender clinochlore-included doubly-terminated quartz crystals – this stands perfectly for display as photographed. The crystals are sharp with good lustre and are in excellent condition. A real beauty from the John S. White quartz collection. About John S. White (click here)

A sharp, lustrous quartz crystal with beautiful little red rutile crystals perched on it, and also included within. There are small hematite crystals included within the quartz also. The rutile crystals are gorgeous under magnification. In excellent condition, one rutile at one side of the group is incomplete. The quartz crystal is also in excellent […]

A gorgeous group of rutile crystals inside a transparent quartz crystal. These rutile crystals are an intense cinnamon colour with superb lustre. Absolutely beautiful with magnification. The quartz crystal is in excellent condition – the minor irregularities show crystallization texture under magnification. A lovely specimen from the John S. White collection. About John S. White […]

This is a spectacular specimen of rutile in and on quartz. The front of this piece has two polished quartz faces through which one can see exquisite lattices of rutile crystals, and the rest of this side of the piece is actually rutile crystal lattices on top of quartz surfaces, with natural (unpolished) quartz faces […]

This is a great piece – there are two main quartz crystals on matrix, each of which has a single brookite crystal running through it, and each brookite crystal has a myriad of tiny, delicate needle-like rutile crystals associated with it. This is certainly visible without magnification in each quartz crystal and looks super with […]