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UOOAK-S11-53
This smoky quartz rewards a slow look, combining layered alligator texture, fibrous growth and shimmering rutile needles in one specimen.
Elestial quartz grows in terraces and ridges rather than smooth faces, and the rutile adds glints of light deep inside. At about 6 inches, it suits a desk, a bookshelf or a lit display cabinet, and side lighting brings out every ridge. It is a meaningful piece for a collector of unusual quartz and a thoughtful gift for someone who loves natural texture. This is the exact crystal shown.
The crystal is about 5.5 by 6 by 2 inches. Look through every photo to see the ridges and rutile up close.
Elestial is a market name for skeletal quartz, which forms when crystal edges grow faster than the faces, leaving layered, terraced faces sometimes called alligator skin. Smoky quartz gets its brown color from natural radiation acting on trace aluminum, and rutile adds fine needle like inclusions.
Stone Meaning: Smoky quartz is traditionally associated with grounding and calm.
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