Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Quartz Var Sceptre

Views:
Watches:
BMM899600

Quartz Var Sceptre

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 8.3 × 7 cm
Description

This piece comes from an old find and shows many quartz crystals that have grown in the shape of scepter. In addition to the usual scepters, there are also some negative scepters. All crystals have good luster and transparency. A very bright violet color can be seen at the base of some quartzes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White