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RM3203   Quartz cepter with petroleum and bitumen inclusions
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Interesting scepter quartz crystals with several inclusions of "petroleum" and other hydrocarbons. The petroleum in these quartz crystals from Madagascar appear brownish yellow and, as with many other petroleum inclusions in quartz, they react to long and short wave UV light with yellow to blue fluorescence. Microscopic examination reveals numerous complex fluid inclusions containing obvious brownish yellow petroleum, gas bubbles presumed to be methane, dark solids of what is likely asphaltite, and a colorless immiscible liquid that could be probably water. Microscopic inclusions in quartz are of particular interest to the collector due to their spectacular UV reaction (gia.edu).


Size: 3.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm.
Found in ±2022.

Fluorescent under LW-UV and SW-UV lights


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