Amazing opportunity to own a beautiful and unique specimen generously donated by the Wilensky Family!

Quartz, Penas Blancas mine, Vasquez-Yacopi Dist., Boyaca Dept., Colombia
14 cm tall x 15 cm wide

At least 12% of the earth's crust is quartz, making it one of the most common minerals. Quartz has played many roles throughout history. In the first century Pliny the Elder believed quartz was permanently frozen water (the word crystal comes from the Greek word for ice). In 1880 the Curie's discovered the piezoelectric properties of quartz. Today quartz is part of our daily lives.

Quartz crystals as large and perfect as this one are extraordinarily scarce.

For a quartz crystal with minimal flaws, with clarity from the very base to the termination is the rarest of all. The conditions deep within the earth would have had to be stable for hundreds of millions of years. Changes in temperature or pressure, earthquakes or tremors, even the discovery process could have caused this breathtaking crystal to develop internal flaws or cracks. This crystal is among few for its clarity, perfection and purity. This specimen is completely natural as found in the earth.

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