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Because there are vast amounts of synthetic quartz used by electronics/telecom industry, nothing apparently prohibits using some outdated facilities equipment to grow such things. It is unclear, howev ...

They are not glued, as there are absolutely no gaps between the small crystals at the base and the large ones. Additionally, some of these smaller guys form "bridges", emerging from the face ...

I previously found one, quite similar in appearance, but smaller (link was rejected by automatic spam filter, sorry).

All of these specimens share the same traits: It's a cluster of larger crystals ...

Do you think these angled surface features result from natural etching process? Other natural quartz crystals I’ve seen all have straight “terraces” perpendicular to the edge (exactly like these shown ...

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Please confirm if I correctly identify the specimen of smoky quartz as synthetic. I never heard before that such things are produced, but after looking up this forum (pa ...

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Topic: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 12, 2021 05:01 Subject: Re: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Because there are vast amounts of synthetic quartz used by electronics/telecom industry, nothing apparently prohibits using some outdated facilities equipment to grow such things. It is unclear, howev ...
Topic: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 12, 2021 04:42 Subject: Re: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	They are not glued, as there are absolutely no gaps between the small crystals at the base and the large ones. Additionally, some of these smaller guys form "bridges", emerging from the face ...
Topic: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 11, 2021 17:43 Subject: Re: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	I previously found one, quite similar in appearance, but smaller (link was rejected by automatic spam filter, sorry). All of these specimens share the same traits: It's a cluster of larger crystals ...
Topic: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 11, 2021 15:02 Subject: Re: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Do you think these angled surface features result from natural etching process? Other natural quartz crystals I’ve seen all have straight “terraces” perpendicular to the edge (exactly like these shown ...
Topic: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Apr 11, 2021 13:53 Subject: Synthetic smoky quartz?
Fraxinus Replies: 11 Views: 11031	Hello, Friends of Minerals! Please confirm if I correctly identify the specimen of smoky quartz as synthetic. I never heard before that such things are produced, but after looking up this forum (pa ...