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Rose quartz — specimens [gallery view]


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 0233
0233
Brazil
Rose quartz — specimen 0079
0079
Brazil
Rose quartz — specimen 0279
0279
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0700
0700
Brazil
Rose quartz — specimen 0078
0078
Brazil
Rose quartz — specimen 0377
0377
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0257
0257
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0266
0266
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0271
0271
Africa
Rose quartz — specimen 0346
0346
Africa

Rose quartz — specimens — 16
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