Smokey Quartz - Specimen american minerals and arsenic

and arsenic

possibly a mass die-off from an ash fall event or algal bloom

approximately 419–359 mya

5mm to 15mm

Material: Plastic and magic stretchy material

Smokey Quartz - Specimen american minerals and arsenicMined from: Baia Mare mining district, Maramures County, Romania Description: This one of a kind Smokey Quartz specimen from Romania features a dense, sculptural cluster of smoky brown Quartz crystals with scattered brassy Pyrite accents. The specimen has a dramatic, mound like form, with dozens of intergrown prismatic points rising from the matrix in varied sizes. Many of the crystals show natural smoky translucency, earthy gray brown zoning, and