Golden Druzy Quartz on Basalt Pedestal
This striking specimen features a dense crust of iron-stained druzy quartz whose warm amber-to-orange coloration arises from iron oxide inclusions deposited alongside the silica during late-stage hydrothermal activity within Deccan basalt vesicles. The specimen is particularly notable for its pedestal — a column of dark basalt that a lapidary has ground and flattened so the crystal crown stands unsupported, an immediate display piece needing no separate mount. A band of white chalcedony or secondary quartz separates the orange druzy cap from the dark matrix, recording a compositional shift in the hydrothermal fluid. The Deccan Traps of Maharashtra are one of the world's premier sources for zeolite- and silica-suite cabinet minerals; the amber druzy crown itself is wholly natural and unenhanced; only the basalt base has been shaped into a stand.
- Species
- Druzy quartz (iron-stained) on basalt matrix
- Origin
- Maharashtra, India
- Size
- 9 cm
- Weight
- 304 g
- Tier
- mid
- Status
- available
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