Garden quartz freeform

Garden quartz freeformApprox dimensions: 2 x 1. 75 x 1. 5" Approx weight: 137g Garden quartz, also called lodolite, is the trade name for clear quartz included with chlorite to create a scene like a miniature mossy garden landscape. The different types of chlorite inclusions are colored by other trace elements to produce muted tones of green, purple, pink, and coppery browns, reds, and oranges. I think theyre like peering into a tide pool! Garden quartz is generally sold

Approx dimensions: 2 x 1.75 x 1.5"

Approx weight: 137g

Garden quartz, also called lodolite, is the trade name for clear quartz included with chlorite to create a scene like a miniature mossy garden landscape. The different types of chlorite inclusions are colored by other trace elements to produce muted tones of green, purple, pink, and coppery browns, reds, and oranges. I think they’re like peering into a tide pool!

Garden quartz is generally sold polished to best reveal its internal features. The inclusions can make the garden quartz appear dark, so it can be especially captivating in bright light or when lit from underneath, illuminating the interior scene.

This piece of garden quartz has an intriguing kite-shaped flat layer of moss-green chlorite through it, creating a bold line that touches the surface on one side. I think this one looks like something you'd see in a NASA photo: there is a large round light pinkish chlorite inclusion surrounded by green chlorite inclusions and wispy colorless inclusions in the clear quartz. This one has some good rainbow-producing inclusions.

Note: because garden quartz is heavily included, it is common to see pitting on the surface where inclusions touch the surface and the softer material was pulled away in the polishing process. For the same reason it is also common to have light fracturing or chipping at points and junctions of polished faces. This specimen does exhibit these features!