Quartz with Hematite Inclusions Törnebohmite unlike Tourmaline

unlike Tourmaline

In addition to the tremendous amounts of Gold and other metals that came out of the Sunnyside it provided collectors with some of the most distinctive and memorable display specimens from any locality in southwestern Colorado

Here we have a well-formed

producing giant plates of crystals and individual singles measuring up to 60 cm (

Specimen# CO712B17

Quartz with Hematite Inclusions Törnebohmite unlike TourmalineA highly attractive Strawberry Quartz "Shield" cut gem containing bright reddish orange, inclusions of Hematite floating inside of it. Hematite can form in slender, acicular or "needle like", bright red crystals (typically as inclusions inside of Quartz), but it's rarely seen from Madagascar. The distinguishing factor for these stones that separates the good from the great is the color of the inclusions. Typically, the inclusions are a brownish color