Gitter Quartz on Feldspar
at-auction$ 50
- Locality
- Erongo Mtns., Namibia
- Minerals
- Quartz
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- R857
Cris-crossing Quartz crystals known as 'Gitter Quartz' (a German name for fence or lattice Quartz). The Quartz crystals form epitaxially on elongated tan Feldspar crystals. The Erongo Mountains is one of the only localities to produces this style of unusual Quartz.