Black Chlorite Phantom Quartz 644528aa43de5441b11fc572f58bdb6e Central and South America

Central and South America

For some reason many flintstone axes and knives have been found in in lakes and streams by what would have been farmlands

giving the specimen a slight shimmer

making it the second hardest natural mineral

but most of the commercial amber we see is from plants that did not evolve until the Jurassic or early Cretaceous periods

Black Chlorite Phantom Quartz 644528aa43de5441b11fc572f58bdb6e Central and South AmericaPhantom Quartz is created when minerals have been washed over and captured within a crystal during its growing process. The mineral deposit acts as a record of the crystal's lifetime. Phantoms appear as ghost crystals, or faint lines that mimic the shape of the main termination of the crystal. Phantom colors vary depending on the mineral which is captured. Very frequently, these phantoms are chlorite, hematite, or clay. Another way that phantoms can