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[José Miguel]

Thankyou, Tobias!
Now, the transparency of a quartz from Diamantina, Brazil. 2001.

[GneissWare]

Miguel -- Astounding and outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

[José Miguel]

Thanks, Bob. Transparency of crystals is to me one of the most impressive manifestations of the nature.
Next example of clarity in quartz is this Citrine Quartz from Minas Geraes, Brazil.

[José Miguel]

Inner clarity in a Citrine Quartz from Minas Geraes, Brazil. 2004.

[José Miguel]

Citrine Quartz like a lamp in the darkness.
Minas Geraes, Brazil. 2001.

[José Miguel]

Quartz from Diamantina, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 2001.

[José Miguel]

Clarity in a Quartz from Diamantina, Brazil.

[José Miguel]

Quartz. Vallée de la Lignarre, Bourg d'Oisans. France. 1991.

[José Miguel]

Quartz with Siderite. Panasqueira, Portugal. Circa 1990.

[Gerhard Niklasch]

Very nice, again!

And I sure am glad you aren't asking us to give the proper botanic species names to all the items in the "matrix" ;)

Cheers, Gerhard

[José Miguel]

Thanks, Gerhard!
You has had a very good idea... Maybe, in the future I will ask for the proper botanic species names... I must think about it...
The plants combine very good with the quartz.

Intense citrine color in this quartz. Governador Valadares, Minas Geraes, Brazil
Brasil.

[José Miguel]

Citrine Quartz. Itinga, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 2006.

[José Miguel]

This time there are not plants, but the leg of a sideboard and a floor of wood.
A beam of the sun shine brightly on the outside of the quartz.
Cathedral Citrine Quartz from Minas Geraes, Brazil. 20303

[José Miguel]

Carles: this is the Phenakite sister of your piece. Gemmy, very clear and superb form and luster.

Phenakite with Quartz and Feldspar.
Paleini Mine, Khetchel village, Molo quarter, Momeik township, Mogok area, Mandalay division, Burma. Myanmar.

[Carles Millan]