Rock Crystal

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Quartz of 15mm. Simply perfect in habit and transparence. An archetypical quartz crystal of this locality. Self collected in October 2008. Now in Alessio Becucci collection. About Selvino: " - trovasi in questo monte (Selvino) copia grandissima di bellissimi cristalli della Natura lavorati, con punte di diamanti; dè quali cantò anche il nostro ...

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz (Rockcrystal) group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Double terminated Quartz crystals.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Dara Ismael Khan District, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

Faden quartz of 60mm. Photo and collection Simone e Giorgio Boscolo

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Crystal with 3x1,5x1,5cm - February of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz cluster group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal cluster.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Cluster of quartz double terminated crystals.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Biterminated crystal with 13x2x2cm - August of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nice Quartz crystal cluster with folded crystal. Size 9x8x6.5cm. Rafael Hernandes Corrêa-Silva Collection.

© Brazilian Rockhounds

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Double terminated crystal.

© Harjo neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Nice floater cluster of crystals to 14mm in lenght. Self collected in summer 2011. Now in Marco Barsanti collection.

© Simone and Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal on matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

A big doubly terminated crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Condorcet, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Size 2 mm - Photo and collection François Périnet

© François Périnet

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Druse with 18x14x10cm - (crystals up to 10cm) - April of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Single crystal of transparent quartz. Overall size of mineral specimen: 10x5x4 cm. Size of individual crystals: 10 cm.

© 2003 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

La Gardette Mine, Villard-Notre-Dame, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Main rock crystal is about 1.8 cm long.

© Christian Bracke

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

La Gardette Mine, Villard-Notre-Dame, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Beautiful specimen of water clear rock crystals up to 8 cm length. Specimen size 8.2 x 6.7 x 8.1 cm. Christian Bracke Collection.

© Christian Bracke

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Nice double terminated quartz of 17mmx9mm. Self collected in May 2008. Now in Alessio Becucci collection.

© Simone and Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Crystal with 5x2,5x2,5cm - June of 1997

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Larger crystal with 1,5cm - Overall size 3x2x2cm - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Crystal size 2,5 cm. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Double terminated transparent crystal 15mm in length with several organic inclusions. Self collected in 2010. Now in Alessio Becucci collection.

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Large Quartz cluster.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Sample crystallized with 2cm - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal

Sample crystallized with 12x9x6cm - August of 2005

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Distorted Dauphine Quartz twin on matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Chlorite included, Hematite stained, Muzo habit Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystals on porphyry with preferential hematite growth on some faces of the crystals. Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.

© Collection and Copyright (c) 2012, Paul De Bondt

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Dobly termineted quartz crystal. Size 24x5x5cm. Rafael Hernades Corrêa-Silva Collection.

© Brazilian Rockhounds

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz point.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Clear Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Waterclear Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Dolomite

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Crystal of 13x7mm clearly including a stripe of dolomite crystals of 1mm. Self collected in 2008. Photo and collection Simone e Giorgio Boscolo

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Albite

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Quartz crystal with 8mm on Albite - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

15mm double terminated crystal with another little crystal on termination. Self collected in 2009

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Jammertal, Attenhausen, Bad Ems-Nassau, Rhein-Lahn District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

48x32 mm specimen. Clear crystal colored green due to some chlorite inclusion on the rear crystal faces.

© Volker Betz (2009)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardak, Afghanistan

Complex cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals intersecting at odd angles (hard to photograph). There appears to be two separate Faden-growth formations intergrown into one specimen. Overall size of mineral specimen: 7x5x5 cm. Size of individual crystals: 2-5 cm.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Patagonia, South America

Water-clear, doubly-terminated quartz crystal fully crystallized on all surfaces (a floater). Has inclusions of black hydrocarbon and hollow voids with crystal faces (negative crystals). No damage. Collected in 1996 by Luis de los Santos. Overall size of mineral specimen: 28x20x20 mm. Size of individual crystals: 28 mm.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sumbe Quarry, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

Crystal with 11x7x4cm - July of 1974

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Cedar Ponds, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Single water clear crystal 2.5cm tall with small partial crystal at the base. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman

© Karl Volkman

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Turbe, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Dimensions: 8.4 cm h
Date: 12-07-10
Notes: Tessin habit
Image Method: digital
Jeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2010-07-0113

Recorded locality: Turbenalp, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

© Jeffrey A. Scovil

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferentially grown Hematite on a Chlorite included matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group

Hanging Rock, Nundle, Parry Co., New South Wales, Australia

Pair of transparent Quartz xls with Chlorite inclusions. Golden specs - unknown, possibly Siderite. Self collected 1964. Overall size 10m x 20mm x 5mm. Personal collection

© Keith Compton

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pebell Alp, Ströden, Hinterbichl, Prägraten am Großvenediger, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria

Rare Japan law twin from a classic alpine location. Field of view is 20 mm. One of four twins on a 6x9 cm specimen.

© Volker Betz (2008)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

"Laget" deposit, Rémuzat, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

This is an old specimen coming from my grandfather's collection. It presents 2 little biterminated quartz xs up to 1 cm,total gemmy and transparent (they look like diamonds). Total size: 9 x 7 x 6,5 cm.

© Isabella Cantù Rajnoldi

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Diepalgraben, Zederhaus, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria

THE LARGEST ROCK CRYSTAL OF THE LUNGAU AREA!!! 31 KG, click on other images to see dimension! Green phantoms by green-shists inclusions. Collection Reinhold Bacher. Photo Martin Gruell.

© Martin Gruell

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Calcite

Zederhaus valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria

11 x 10,5cm. Mined in March 2003. The crystals are white with glossy and waterclear tips. The termination is razorsharp. Specimen is an undamaged floater, some Calcite attachted. Published on LAPIS-Cover Mai 2011. Martin Gruell Alpine Collection. Photo Martin Gruell.

© Martin Gruell

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Les Rochettes quarries, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Nice clear rock crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferentially grown Hematite and some Chlorite.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Tourmaline (Var: Verdelite)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

A near flawless, 7.5 cm, transparent and colorless, quartz crystal, with only one very minor bruise near the termination, is pierced by a green elbaite that, unfortunately, is not terminated. Still, its a dramatic showcase stunner! 7.5 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group

Dösenbach valley, Mallnitz, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria

Size of the specimen: 4cm x 5cm. Not big but very beautiful. Photo by R. Hasler Manfred Döpper Collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

View is about 1 cm across. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected 2005.

© 2005 Peter Cristofono

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

A water-clear, lustrous and striated doubly-terminated quartz crystal with two side-car crystals from Brumado, Brazil. Nearly perfect. 6.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group, Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock Crystal, up to 8 cm tall, partly included with Chlorite and with preferential Hematite grown on some of the faces. Many crystals have a Muzo habit on a porphyry matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

40 x 70 mm floater with almost not visible contact and old Label dated 1882.

© Volker Betz (2009)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Kirbyville, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA

6.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. A rare, perfect, doubly-terminated quartz prism from Pennsylvania. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Črni vrh, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, Slovenia

Quartz crystal with inclusions of Chlorite (green) and Fe-Hydroxides (red). Width of the specimen is 15 mm. in collection of Marko Zrnec

© Igor Dolinar

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Hrastnik, Slovenia

The group of Quartz crystals just a few moments after it was found. Height of the main crystal is 12 cm. Collection of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History

© Igor Dolinar

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Milford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA

Crystal is 9.5 mm long. P. Cristofono specimen and photo.

© 2004 Peter Cristofono

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Calcite, Chlorite Group

Ritterkopf, Ritterkopf massif, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Bergkristall mit Calcit, Chlorit, Hämatit Dimension : 6 x 7 cm Locality : Ritterkopf, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferential Hematite growth.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Scoglina Pass, Favale di Malvaro, Genoa, Liguria, Italy

the bigger crystal is 10 millimeter long

© Marco Esposito

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pebell Alp, Ströden, Hinterbichl, Prägraten am Großvenediger, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria

6x9 cm specimen with 4 Japan law twins.

© Volker Betz (2008)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferential Hematite growth.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sumbe Quarry, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

Crystal with 12x7x5cm - July of 1974

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Quartz of 15mm. Simply perfect in habit and transparence. An archetypical quartz crystal of this locality. Self collected in October 2008. Now in Alessio Becucci collection. About Selvino: " - trovasi in questo monte (Selvino) copia grandissima di bellissimi cristalli della Natura lavorati, con punte di diamanti; dè quali cantò anche il nostro ...

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz (Rockcrystal) group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Double terminated Quartz crystals.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Dara Ismael Khan District, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

Faden quartz of 60mm. Photo and collection Simone e Giorgio Boscolo

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Crystal with 3x1,5x1,5cm - February of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz cluster group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal cluster.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Cluster of quartz double terminated crystals.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Biterminated crystal with 13x2x2cm - August of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nice Quartz crystal cluster with folded crystal. Size 9x8x6.5cm. Rafael Hernandes Corrêa-Silva Collection.

© Brazilian Rockhounds

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Double terminated crystal.

© Harjo neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Nice floater cluster of crystals to 14mm in lenght. Self collected in summer 2011. Now in Marco Barsanti collection.

© Simone and Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal on matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Condorcet, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Size 2 mm - Photo and collection François Périnet

© François Périnet

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

A big doubly terminated crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Druse with 18x14x10cm - (crystals up to 10cm) - April of 2002

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Single crystal of transparent quartz. Overall size of mineral specimen: 10x5x4 cm. Size of individual crystals: 10 cm.

© 2003 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

La Gardette Mine, Villard-Notre-Dame, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Main rock crystal is about 1.8 cm long.

© Christian Bracke

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

La Gardette Mine, Villard-Notre-Dame, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Beautiful specimen of water clear rock crystals up to 8 cm length. Specimen size 8.2 x 6.7 x 8.1 cm. Christian Bracke Collection.

© Christian Bracke

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Nice double terminated quartz of 17mmx9mm. Self collected in May 2008. Now in Alessio Becucci collection.

© Simone and Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Crystal with 5x2,5x2,5cm - June of 1997

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Larger crystal with 1,5cm - Overall size 3x2x2cm - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Crystal size 2,5 cm. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro.

© Giovanni Fraccaro

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Double terminated transparent crystal 15mm in length with several organic inclusions. Self collected in 2010. Now in Alessio Becucci collection.

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Large Quartz cluster.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Sample crystallized with 2cm - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Assunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal

Sample crystallized with 12x9x6cm - August of 2005

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Distorted Dauphine Quartz twin on matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Chlorite included, Hematite stained, Muzo habit Quartz.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystals on porphyry with preferential hematite growth on some faces of the crystals. Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.

© Collection and Copyright (c) 2012, Paul De Bondt

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Dobly termineted quartz crystal. Size 24x5x5cm. Rafael Hernades Corrêa-Silva Collection.

© Brazilian Rockhounds

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Marvie, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz point.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Clear Quartz crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardin, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Waterclear Quartz group.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Dolomite

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Crystal of 13x7mm clearly including a stripe of dolomite crystals of 1mm. Self collected in 2008. Photo and collection Simone e Giorgio Boscolo

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Albite

CSA Mine, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Quartz crystal with 8mm on Albite - November of 2006

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Selvino, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

15mm double terminated crystal with another little crystal on termination. Self collected in 2009

© Simone e Giorgio Boscolo collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Jammertal, Attenhausen, Bad Ems-Nassau, Rhein-Lahn District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

48x32 mm specimen. Clear crystal colored green due to some chlorite inclusion on the rear crystal faces.

© Volker Betz (2009)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Wardak, Afghanistan

Complex cluster of doubly-terminated quartz crystals intersecting at odd angles (hard to photograph). There appears to be two separate Faden-growth formations intergrown into one specimen. Overall size of mineral specimen: 7x5x5 cm. Size of individual crystals: 2-5 cm.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Patagonia, South America

Water-clear, doubly-terminated quartz crystal fully crystallized on all surfaces (a floater). Has inclusions of black hydrocarbon and hollow voids with crystal faces (negative crystals). No damage. Collected in 1996 by Luis de los Santos. Overall size of mineral specimen: 28x20x20 mm. Size of individual crystals: 28 mm.

© 2002 John H. Betts

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sumbe Quarry, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

Crystal with 11x7x4cm - July of 1974

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Cedar Ponds, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Single water clear crystal 2.5cm tall with small partial crystal at the base. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman

© Karl Volkman

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Turbe, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Dimensions: 8.4 cm h
Date: 12-07-10
Notes: Tessin habit
Image Method: digital
Jeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2010-07-0113

Recorded locality: Turbenalp, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

© Jeffrey A. Scovil

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group

Hanging Rock, Nundle, Parry Co., New South Wales, Australia

Pair of transparent Quartz xls with Chlorite inclusions. Golden specs - unknown, possibly Siderite. Self collected 1964. Overall size 10m x 20mm x 5mm. Personal collection

© Keith Compton

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferentially grown Hematite on a Chlorite included matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pebell Alp, Ströden, Hinterbichl, Prägraten am Großvenediger, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria

Rare Japan law twin from a classic alpine location. Field of view is 20 mm. One of four twins on a 6x9 cm specimen.

© Volker Betz (2008)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Diepalgraben, Zederhaus, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria

THE LARGEST ROCK CRYSTAL OF THE LUNGAU AREA!!! 31 KG, click on other images to see dimension! Green phantoms by green-shists inclusions. Collection Reinhold Bacher. Photo Martin Gruell.

© Martin Gruell

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

"Laget" deposit, Rémuzat, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

This is an old specimen coming from my grandfather's collection. It presents 2 little biterminated quartz xs up to 1 cm,total gemmy and transparent (they look like diamonds). Total size: 9 x 7 x 6,5 cm.

© Isabella Cantù Rajnoldi

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Calcite

Zederhaus valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria

11 x 10,5cm. Mined in March 2003. The crystals are white with glossy and waterclear tips. The termination is razorsharp. Specimen is an undamaged floater, some Calcite attachted. Published on LAPIS-Cover Mai 2011. Martin Gruell Alpine Collection. Photo Martin Gruell.

© Martin Gruell

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Les Rochettes quarries, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Nice clear rock crystal.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite, Chlorite Group

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferentially grown Hematite and some Chlorite.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Tourmaline (Var: Verdelite)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

A near flawless, 7.5 cm, transparent and colorless, quartz crystal, with only one very minor bruise near the termination, is pierced by a green elbaite that, unfortunately, is not terminated. Still, its a dramatic showcase stunner! 7.5 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group

Dösenbach valley, Mallnitz, Spittal an der Drau District, Carinthia, Austria

Size of the specimen: 4cm x 5cm. Not big but very beautiful. Photo by R. Hasler Manfred Döpper Collection

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA

View is about 1 cm across. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected 2005.

© 2005 Peter Cristofono

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

A water-clear, lustrous and striated doubly-terminated quartz crystal with two side-car crystals from Brumado, Brazil. Nearly perfect. 6.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Chlorite Group, Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock Crystal, up to 8 cm tall, partly included with Chlorite and with preferential Hematite grown on some of the faces. Many crystals have a Muzo habit on a porphyry matrix.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

40 x 70 mm floater with almost not visible contact and old Label dated 1882.

© Volker Betz (2009)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Kirbyville, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA

6.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. A rare, perfect, doubly-terminated quartz prism from Pennsylvania. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Črni vrh, Dobrova–Polhov Gradec, Slovenia

Quartz crystal with inclusions of Chlorite (green) and Fe-Hydroxides (red). Width of the specimen is 15 mm. in collection of Marko Zrnec

© Igor Dolinar

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Hrastnik, Slovenia

The group of Quartz crystals just a few moments after it was found. Height of the main crystal is 12 cm. Collection of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History

© Igor Dolinar

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Milford, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, USA

Crystal is 9.5 mm long. P. Cristofono specimen and photo.

© 2004 Peter Cristofono

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Calcite, Chlorite Group

Ritterkopf, Ritterkopf massif, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Bergkristall mit Calcit, Chlorit, Hämatit Dimension : 6 x 7 cm Locality : Ritterkopf, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferential Hematite growth.

© Harjo Neutkens

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Scoglina Pass, Favale di Malvaro, Genoa, Liguria, Italy

the bigger crystal is 10 millimeter long

© Marco Esposito

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Sumbe Quarry, Sumbe, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola

Crystal with 12x7x5cm - July of 1974

© Photo & Collection of Martins da Pedra

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal)

Pebell Alp, Ströden, Hinterbichl, Prägraten am Großvenediger, Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria

6x9 cm specimen with 4 Japan law twins.

© Volker Betz (2008)

Quartz (Var: Rock Crystal), Hematite

Porphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium

Rock crystal with preferential Hematite growth.

© Harjo Neutkens