Hyper Rare. Dumortierite Quartz Crystal - 19.6 CT - 1 Piece Quartz Specimen 3689
Hyper Rare. Dumortierite Quartz Crystal - 19.6 CT - 1 Piece Quartz Specimen 3689
Dumortierite-rich Quartzite!
Weight 19.6 CTs
18 mm x 11 mm x 16 mm
Please disregard the item weight in the shipping section.
Origin uncertain, likely Bahia, near Vaca Morta Quarry, in Brazil.
"Named to honor French paleontologist from Lyons, Eugene Dumortier. Dumortierite is somewhat uncommon, but has many localities including in France, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Canada, Namibia, Madagascar, India, and additional minor localities. It occurs in aluminum-rich metamorphic rocks as disseminations and in veinlets cutting through schists, and in pegmatitic veins. Minerals associated with dumotierite include quartz, cordierite, kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, muscovite, and rutile." - http://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/5888/dumortierite
More on this kind of stone at: http://betweenarockandaheartyplace.blogspot.com/2015/02/quartz-with-dumortierite-inclusions.html
Origin uncertain, likely Bahia, near Vaca Morta Quarry, in Brazil.