Mineral: Quartz
Locality: San Cristobal, Municipio Suaita, Santander Department, Colombia
Dimensions: 77mm x 102mm x 67mm

Description: Divergent spiny clear crystals of quartz about 8 cm legth, growing from quartz matrix. Some of them with horizontal striations and termination faces near the top of the sides and all sharp undamaged terminations. Some needle show one greatly enlarged rhombohedral face at the tip.

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