Smoky quartz with hyalite on black tourmaline Cactus quartz likely low quality quartz

likely low quality quartz

75 x 3 x 1"

but it is lush with very clear large botryoidal hyalite

❗Sunlight will fade the color in fluorite

the point has a matte white crust that glitters like sand

Smoky quartz with hyalite on black tourmaline Cactus quartz likely low quality quartzLocale: Erongo Mountain, Namibia Approx dimensions: 3 x 2. 25 x 2" Approx weight: 274g This is one of my favorite specimens of Erongo hyalite, featuring a dramatic spray of quartz crystals thick with hyalite, perched atop a large piece of black tourmaline (schorl). The glossy schorl has the classic trigonal 'Mercedes' termination characteristic of Erongo material, with intricate growth patterns across the surface. The sides of the schorl are imprinted