Faden Quartz Specimen 7in — Large Thread Crystal, 928g Morganite crystal though it is worth handling

though it is worth handling gently

formed through stress or minor impact long after the quartz itself finished growing

or any time you want a steady

Colour: Chalk white with natural grey veining

showing the yellow-green to olive tone that gives epidote its name

Faden Quartz Specimen 7in — Large Thread Crystal, 928g Morganite crystal though it is worth handlingA large Faden quartz specimen, 180mm by 104mm and a substantial 928g, carrying the distinctive white thread, the faden itself, that gives this crystal variety its name. What actually causes that white line running through the crystal? It is the visible record of repeated breakage and self healing. Faden quartz forms inside a slowly widening fissure in host rock, and as that fissure opens, the growing crystal is torn apart again and again, each time