Phantom Quartz Crystal Cluster - SWCC 021

Measurements:  44 x 32 x 29 mm

Description:  A cluster of clear quartz crystals with blueish-grey phantoms in most of the crystals. Some of the crystals have slightly milky patches.

One of the crystals has a long nick from its tip along one of its termination ridges (clearly visible in first image) and one has a nick and a ding, the latter giving rise to a small rainbow. Otherwise a few minute nicks, and some damage to the bottom, where it parted from its matrix. 

This specimen comes from a rare pocket - as far as we know it's the only pocket found in the Western Cape that yielded specimens with these phantoms.

Weight of Specimen:  26.7 g

Chemical Composition:  SiO₂   

Hardness on Mohs Scale:  7

Location:  Ceres area, Western Cape, South Africa.

Specimen Code:  SWCC 021

US $ 25