Mango Quartz Halloysite - Specimen

Locality: Cabiche, Quipama Municipality, Western Boyaca Province, Boyaca Department, Colombia

The best-known source is around Cabiche in Quípama Municipality, in western Boyacá, Colombia's emerald-mining region. According to one dealer, mine owners had found these crystals earlier near the emerald mines but valued them too highly to sell. Larger finds reached the market around 2017, and the material was described in Rocks & Minerals magazine in 2019.

"Mango" quartz is a collector nickname for Colombian quartz crystals whose tips are coloured yellow to orange by dense, fibrous inclusions of halloysite, a clay mineral of the kaolinite group. The inclusions are usually concentrated in the crystal terminations, so the colour fades from clear stems to golden tips. Some of the yellow tips were first thought to be coloured by humboldtine. That mineral probably formed when specimens were cleaned with oxalic acid, and most collectors now refer to the inclusions as halloysite.

Quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO₂, and halloysite is a hydrated aluminium silicate, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄. Mango quartz from Cabiche has also produced rare Japan-law twins, in which two crystals join at nearly a right angle.

This one of a kind Mango Quartz with Halloysite mineral specimen from Colombia features a lively cluster of translucent quartz crystals with warm golden-yellow Halloysite inclusions. Larger prismatic points rise above a dense bed of smaller, glassy quartz needles, creating a bright, textured formation with strong natural dimension. The specimen shows soft honey, cream, and pale champagne tones throughout, with rusty brown matrix accents that add contrast and highlight the natural Colombian formation.

Mango Quartz is a collector name for quartz that contains yellow to orange Halloysite inclusions, giving the crystals their distinctive warm “mango” coloration. This material is most closely associated with the Cabiche area near Quipama, Boyaca Department, Colombia, and is sometimes sold under the broader Muzo emerald mining region. Halloysite is a clay mineral related to the kaolinite group, while quartz remains one of the most recognized and collected minerals in the world.

Spiritually, Mango Quartz is often associated with joy, clarity, optimism, and energetic renewal. Quartz is commonly viewed as an amplifier of intention and focus, while the sunny Halloysite coloration is often connected with warmth, creativity, confidence, and uplifting personal energy.

Chemical Composition: SiO2

Quantity: 1pc
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