Hedenbergite quartz point with sprouting growth

Hedenbergite quartz point with sprouting growthLocale: HuangGangLiang mining district, Inner Mongolia, China Approx point length: 2. 25" Approx weight: 55g These quartz points are from HuangGangLiang, and commonly called Mongolian or Inner Mongolian quartz. When the primary inclusion is hedenbergite, enough to give the quartz a greenish tint, it is more appropriately called hedenbergite quartz. This isnt your typically shiny quartz crystal; the points have a matte luster with a sheen effect,

Locale: HuangGangLiang mining district, Inner Mongolia, China

Approx point length: 2.25"

Approx weight: 55g

These quartz points are from HuangGangLiang, and commonly called Mongolian or Inner Mongolian quartz. When the primary inclusion is hedenbergite, enough to give the quartz a greenish tint, it is more appropriately called hedenbergite quartz. 

This isn’t your typically shiny quartz crystal; the points have a matte luster with a sheen effect, producing a ghostly appearance. Broken ends reveal the first generation of growth was an icy clear colorless quartz. A second generation of growth occurred, depositing a layer of cloudy hedenbergite-included quartz. Hedenbergite is often green-to-olive-brown in color, and gives the quartz a dull green-ish gray hue.

This piece has excellent complex sprouting growth forms on all faces, including some that looks almost like skeleton forms on the tip of the point. Hedenbergite inclusions make the point near-opaque, but some light travels through at the base.