Black tourmaline in albite matrix with hyalite and minor fluorite Hematite Garden quartz is generally sold

Garden quartz is generally sold polished to best reveal its internal features

Panda isopods are on the shy side and like to burrow

Approx weight: 71g

as though the core is pink and the surface blue

like a pair of bongo drums (or half-melted soft-serve)

Black tourmaline in albite matrix with hyalite and minor fluorite Hematite Garden quartz is generally soldLocale: Erongo Mountain, Namibia Approx dimensions: 5 x 3. 25 x 3" Approx weight: 603g This is a great "hodgepodge" specimen, featuring a large cluster of botryoidal hyalite on a Dalmatian spotty matrix of white albite, black tourmaline, and smoky quartz. The crystals of black tourmaline, known as schorl, are well formed and many have the 'Mercedes' termination characteristic of the Erongo region. A few small cubic fluorite crystals also spot the