Quartz with Rutile Inclusions

This specimen consists of translucent to milky quartz containing fine acicular inclusions interpreted as rutile, a titanium dioxide mineral commonly formed during hydrothermal crystallisation. The rutile occurs as slender needle-like to hair-fine inclusions radiating through the quartz, producing internal linear patterns visible through the crystal.

Rutile inclusions form when titanium-bearing fluids are present during quartz growth, becoming trapped as the quartz crystallises. Such specimens provide insight into the chemical environment of crystal formation, particularly temperature, fluid composition, and trace-element availability.

Rutilated quartz is found worldwide, commonly associated with metamorphic and hydrothermal environments, and is studied both for its mineralogical significance and its visual clarity of inclusion structures.

51  x 40 x 5mm

23g