Specimen #543
Name: Quartz with Chlorite-Covered Phantom
Type: Mineral
Locality: Lupoto Mine, Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Favorite? N
Fluorescent? N
Size: 10.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Weight: 41
Acquired: 2008-01-03
Source: Arkenstone Auction
Label: N
Comment: Some phantoms are hard to make out. Then there are crystals like this - WOW! The quartz crystal inside was richly included with red chlorite before being engulfed by later growth and becoming this incredibly striking phantom crystal. There is some small angled-back damage to the termination on top, but it is the phantom that matters here anyway and the piece is showy as heck, i fnot pristine as you wish. This is an old and well known find from the early 1990s, and specimens are uncommon today
Minerals: Chlorite
Quartz (SiO2)
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