Scenic Dendritic Quartz 🖤
— Rocks for the Spirit (@rocksforthe) June 30, 2023
You may think that these branching patterns are fossilized plants inside of Quartz, but they are actually made of a metallic mineral, Manganese. Mineral-rich solutions that contain Manganese seep into the hairline cracks of Quartz and crystallize into… pic.twitter.com/ilbCoABZcx
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