Phantom quartz crystals are quartz crystals that have another crystal within, giving the appearance of a “phantom” crystal inside. The phantom crystal is often another crystal that has other mineral inclusions, usually deposited on its surface. At some point during the crystal’s development, there was a pause in its growth, and another mineral was deposited on the crystal’s surface. After that, conditions became favorable for its growth, and the crystal continued to develop again. The deposited mineral is usually an opaque mineral, and therefore, shows up prominently within the crystal, although there are also instances where there are no secondary
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Archives for Quartz crystals
Rutilated Quartz
Rutilated quartz is quartz crystal that have the mineral inclusions of rutile inside them. Collectively, the type of quartz with needle-like inclusions like rutile, asbestos, goethite, epidote, or hornblende in them are called sagenite. Rutile is just one of the many types of inclusions that are found in quartz, but it is common enough to be seen in many a specimen in crystal shops. On its own, rutile (TiO2) is mineral that crystallizes as elongated, prismatic crystals that are often striated. It is a very common mineral and therefore, often gets embedded in quartz. Normally, rutile occurs in quartz as
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Large Quartz Crystals
Large crystals can be used as generator crystals, in particular, quartz crystals. I am a long time owner of a large quartz crystal weighing more than a kilo, about 30 cm high, and 10 cm wide (1 foot high and 4 inches wide). This crystal is really intense, and if I sleep with it by my side, I almost always end up not sleeping – such is its vibrational field.
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Crystal Wands
Crystal wands are famous throughout history as the magical tools of wizardry in countless tales of lore. Most of us have probably heard of crystal wands from fairy tales. You wouldn’t think that crystal wands existed naturally would you? But they do, in fact. Natural quartz crystal wands that exist in the exact shape and likeness of wands are quite rare, but they do exist – as prized, rare specimens of the crystal world. I used to possess a crystal wand that was about 5 inches long, but unfortunately, it has disappeared from my collection inexplicably. The wand was exquisite
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Right handed and left handed crystals
Let’s look at the basic quartz crystal structure. Quartz is grouped under the hexagonal category of crystalline structures; structural models such as trigonal, isometric, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, hexagonal, and triclinic patterns. The basic quartz structure is a tetrahedron, which repeats itself by duplicating the likeness of a spiral within itself, turning either right or left. A basic quartz crystal is composed of a point, 6 facets, the main body, and the base. There is however, a small window (the seventh facet) that sometimes occurs in some crystals. It’s not so rare as you think, but then again, it doesn’t occur
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