Quartz
Marxbauer, Steinweißwald, Frantschach-Sankt Gertraud, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Quartz from the Koralpe in Carinthia is already a rare find but this special crystal attracts my attention. The overall shape is a typical prismatic quartz with pointed termination but in this case all faces show a scaly pattern like a dragon skin. Slight etching does the effect and in a very much unique way. The lower parts show some contacts but ...
© Rudolf Watzl, Saphira Minerals