Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite Idaho complete "floater" crystal of Ruby

complete "floater" crystal of Ruby Spinel with textbook octahedral faces

0 cm sitting aesthetically on matrix

and almost all of them are virtually damage free

but crystals on matrix such as this specimen only existed in a very small percentage of the pieces found

The quality is good for the species

Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite Idaho complete "floater" crystal of RubyA beautiful small cabinet sized specimen from an area that produced some of the most well known Quartz casts from the state. These specimens have been labeled as being Quartz after Baryte pseudomorphs but, given the fact that Baryte is chemically inert and nearly impossible to dissolve, it is almost certain that these pseudomorphs are Quartz replacing Anhydrite. Finally, it appears that somebody else is on board with me as I read from Bill Dameron on