Hematite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)
Rose Quartz Pit, Quadeville area, Lyndoch Township, Brudenell-Lyndoch-and-Raglan, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Hematite staining (and possibly niobium oxides!) on a thick block of smoky quartz.
I was meddling around with the piece after picking it up from the blast piles, Dave, the owner, pointed out that the staining wouldn't come off the quartz with iron out as they were likely niobium oxides, perhaps he thought I was thinking of removing them? No sir, ...
© Jacob Stanaszek