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Rose quartz — specimens [gallery view] (Page 2)


Two varieties of quartz are called rose quartz. One is found in translucent masses made of intergrown anhedral crystals. It is always showing a hazy to translucent character due to microscopic fibrous inclusions of a pink borosilicate mineral related to dumortierite. The other variety occurs in well-formed crystals of similar colour. The colour is apparently caused by irradiation-induced colour centres based on Al and P, that replace Si in the atom lattice.
Rose quartz — specimen 0698
0698
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0699
0699
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0701
0701
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0175
0175
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0188
0188
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0242
0242
Africa

Rose quartz — specimens — 16
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