Quartz [synthetics] — specimen S-002, photo © NMNHS

Quartz [synthetics] — specimen S-002

Data

Weight: 16.28 ct; size: 20.01 | 15.36 | 9.84 mm; shape: pear; colour: colourless; clarity: eye clean; cut: fair.

Notes

Very clean specimen; commercial cut.

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More information from ‘Classification’

Quartz [synthetics]

Produced using a hydrothermal synthesis, a method of synthesis of single crystals that depends on the solubility in hot water under high pressure.