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PhotosQuartz - Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

26th May 2017 21:49 UTCJohn R. Montgomery 🌟 Expert

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Quartz, Pyrite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
Copyright © A&M
Hello AM,

Quite an amazing specimen. Is that a sceptre quartz?


Regards

John

27th May 2017 20:49 UTCAM Mizunaka 🌟 Expert

Hi John,


I don't think that they consider this to be a true scepter.


- A&M

8th Jun 2017 09:17 UTCErik Vercammen Expert

A "real" sceptre is a secondary growth on an existing crystal. Here, it looks like the quartz crystaks were growing together / in competion with an other mineral, probably calcite, that got dissolved away later on, leaving the thin stems of the earliest formed quartz.

8th Jun 2017 21:33 UTCWayne Corwin

Erik is correct, probably was calcite or maybe fluorite because of the etched look of the quartz,,, but not real "sceptre quartz".
 
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