Mineral: Pyrite
Locality: Gavorrano Mine, Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Dimensions: 3,5 mm

Description: Question: Even assuming an interrupted growth, due to a lack of mineral or a form of inhibition, is not the classic quartz scepter an interrupted growth of a second crystal on the first? Only in the case of an etching/dissolution, like in tourmalines and beryls, the resulting scepter shapes might not be considered as such, since they aren't the result of overgrowth.

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