Mined from: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Description: This one of a kind tourmalinated quartz mineral specimen from Brazil features a large, transparent quartz body with bold black tourmaline needles suspended throughout the crystal. The quartz has strong clarity for an included specimen, allowing the internal structure to be seen clearly, with natural veils, fractures, growth lines, and reflective faces adding depth inside the stone.

The black tourmaline inclusions run through the quartz in sharp, needle-like formations, creating strong contrast against the clear crystal body. This gives the piece a striking, almost architectural look, with the dark mineral growth locked inside the transparent quartz rather than sitting only on the surface. Its size, clarity, and visible internal tourmaline make it a strong display specimen for collectors of Brazilian quartz, included crystals, and tourmalinated quartz.

Tourmalinated quartz forms when quartz grows around or alongside tourmaline crystals, preserving the darker needle-like inclusions inside the clear silica structure. The black tourmaline is most commonly schorl, an iron-rich variety of tourmaline known for its dark colour and elongated crystal habit. Brazilian tourmalinated quartz is well known among collectors because the contrast between transparent quartz and black tourmaline can produce highly dramatic, one of a kind internal patterns.

Metaphysically, tourmalinated quartz is often associated with grounding, protection, clarity, and energetic balance. Many crystal collectors value it as a stone that combines the amplifying qualities commonly linked with quartz and the stabilizing, protective associations of black tourmaline.

Quantity: 1pc
With this product, you will get the actual stone in the photograph.