Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)

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This truncated quartz crystal from Brandberg is essentially a floater (it has a natural face on the bottom that is whitish from growing against matrix). It is intensely gemmy, with a fine smoky tone, and has very glassy faces. Inside is a quite obvious moving bubble trapped in a water pocket (an "enhydro") .