A steeply-terminated, water-clear quartz crystal from the Peña Blanca Mine. Brilliant lustre with prism face striations. In excellent condition, a gorgeous Colombian quartz from the John White quartz collection. About John S. White (click here)

This parallel-growth amethyst crystal features an ivory ball of cristobalite. The amethyst itself is primarily a termination, with the remainder being bounded by angular, tapering striated contact faces. In very good condition, minor chipping. The cristobalite is a glistening ball. A fine cristobalite specimen from the John S. White quartz collection. About John S. White […]

A doubly-terminated reverse sceptre quartz from the John White quartz collection. The crystal is sharp and lustrous with great form. In very good condition, minor chips. Such a cool specimen. About John S. White (click here)

A slender parallel-growth quartz with bold faden inside. Sharp, lustrous and transparent, it is in excellent condition. Originally collected in 1991. A beautiful French faden quartz from the John S. White collection. About John S. White (click here)

A beautiful zoned amethyst crystal with a sharp, light phantom, sitting on smaller amethyst crystals at its base. These are sharp, highly lustrous crystals. In excellent condition, complete all-around, one chipped area on the back, not visible as displayed – it’s perfect from the display angle. A sweet specimen from the John White collection. About […]

An unusual specimen from Zagi Mountain, this doubly-terminated quartz crystal has a phantom, created by a thin layer of included hematite crystals. The hematite crystals are quite close under the surface of the crystal, and tiny individual metallic black hematite plates are visible under magnification, along with abundant dark red specks. Because the hematite phantom […]

A great 5 cm lattice of quartz crystals perched at the end of a smoky quartz. This specimen exhibits one of the coolest quartz crystal phenomena – the growth of quartz crystals in a three-dimensional lattice (sometimes referred to as lattice quartz or fence quartz, and in German, Gitterquarz). The orientation of the quartz crystals […]

It is very unusual to see a quartz crystal from the famous Afghan mineral locality, Sar-e-Sang. This crystal has an etched appearance on all surfaces (including the bottom/underside which had fractured, once upon a time). It has good translucence – it appears almost transparent, but hard to discern given the faces. In excellent condition. A […]

A pair of intergrown quartz crystals from Hunan. The wider crystal formed first, and the narrow one formed over top of it. The crystals are sharp and lustrous with some internal play of light. in excellent condition, no damage. A striking piece from the John White quartz collection. About John S. White (click here)

Detailed Description A beautiful miniature “grape amethyst” from the John White quartz collection.  The balls of crystallized amethyst have a nice silky lustre, and the piece has beautiful proportions. In excellent condition – a gorgeous specimen. About John S. White (click here) About These Indonesian “Grape Amethyst” Specimens Originally referred to as “grape agate”, specimens […]

A wonderful crystallized quartz shard – crystallized all around. It has fine striations on the front and some very flattened quartz crystal shapes on the back – very cool. It’s thin and it’s more transparent than the photos suggest. In excellent condition, no damage. A fine specimen from the John S. White quartz collection. About […]

Brilliant, golden bladed crystals of rutile included in a transparent quartz crystal from Novo Horizonte. These rutile crystals are very bright. There are small black hematite crystals included as well. In very good condition, a chip at the tip. This specimen from the John White collection glows under the lights. About John S. White (click […]