Smoky Quartz Cluster

Stunning deep dark brown Smoky quart cluster with huge points all over! ⚖Weight and size approximation: weighs 26.2 pounds and is about 14 inches long x 7.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall. Country of Origin: Brazil.⚖ . 📖Crystal Properties📖: Smoky Quartz is a form of Quartz. It is made mainly of silicon dioxide, which is the main component in sand (quartz crystals are basically huge grains of sand). A smoky-gray, brown to black variety of quartz that owes its color to gamma irradiation and the presence of traces of aluminum built into its crystal lattice. The color of smoky quartz is produced when natural radiation, emitted from the surrounding rock, activates color centers around aluminum impurities within the crystalline quartz. When it is extremely dark and almost opaque, it is called morion (which is also the name for smoky quartz in both German and Spanish). Smoky quartz can be found in many different environments but is most characteristic for pockets in igneous rocks and pegmatite