Cactus quartz with saturated color Epidote with fine vertical lines and

with fine vertical lines and a chunkier accordion zig-zag to the sides of the crystal

which is why it is called Atlas Mountain jasper (or variants on that name)

and these points have excellent raw (natural

including some that looks almost like skeleton forms on the tip of the point

This specimen has several partial spheres

Cactus quartz with saturated color Epidote with fine vertical lines andLocale: South Africa Approx dimensions: 2. 25 x 1. 75 x 1" Approx weight: 80g Cactus quartz is also known as spirit or pineapple quartz, but as an Arizonan you know Im gonna stick with cactus quartz! Typical cactus quartz growth is a quartz point or cluster that is coated with small quartz crystals that grow outwards creating a prickly appearance like a cactus. Usually the tip of the quartz point will not be coated with this second generation of