Clear double terminated quartz crystals from USA with mirror reflection.
Close landscape view of transparent double terminated clear quartz crystals.
Close-up horizontal perspective of smaller clear quartz crystals on matrix.
Detailed macro view of highly transparent colorless quartz crystal faces.
Extreme macro of a clear quartz crystal face showing rainbow iris.
Macro perspective of two pristine colorless quartz crystals against black.
Detailed macro snapshot isolating sharp glass like quartz crystal terminations.
High magnification macro of clear quartz roots on brown matrix.
Macro photograph of clear quartz crystals showing internal rainbow inclusions.

Quartz “Herkimer Diamond”

Quartz – SiO2
Elements: Silicon, Oxygen
Class: Silicates – Tectosilicates
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Hardness: 7
Quartz
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
Very hard. Scratches glass and steel.
Origin: Middleville, Herkimer ounty, New York – Usa History: Ex Kay Robertson Collection
Did you know?

Pressing a quartz crystal makes it give off a precise electric beat, which is why it keeps time in nearly every watch and once tuned the radios of World War II, when good crystals were a strategic resource.

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