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Weight
95 g
3.35 oz
0.21 lb
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📏Dimensions
Length
76.84 mm
7.68 cm
3.03 inches
Width
37.76 mm
3.78 cm
1.49 inches
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🌍Origin
Hashupi (Hasupi)
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✨Description
This beautiful chlorite quartz crystal from the Hashupi region of Pakistan carries a soft, ethereal presence with its milky translucent body and natural green chlorite inclusions.
Inside the crystal, the chlorite forms layered and vertical phantom structures, creating a natural landscape-like scene that resembles floating green islands within a misty white environment. The contrast between the soft white quartz and deep green chlorite gives the piece a fairy-like, dreamlike appearance — inspiring the name “Emerald Mist Fairy.”
The surface shows strong natural dissolution etching and alpine-style weathering, forming intricate textures and carved patterns across the crystal. These features are typical of high-altitude Himalayan-type growth and are highly valued among collectors.
This is not a clarity-focused specimen, but a texture and character-rich piece, appreciated for its internal structure, natural inclusions, and surface formation.
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🔬Mineral Features
• High-Density Chlorite (Rich Green Phantom)
• Vertical Chlorite Growth
• Landscape Chlorite Scene
• Floating Chlorite Zones
• Strong Dissolution Etching
• Frosted Dissolution Skin
• Alpine Etched Texture
• Horizontal Growth Striations
• Internal Veil Zones
• Multi-Stage Phantom Growth
• Translucent Milky Body
• Natural Contact Base
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📌Quick Specs
✔ Natural, untreated quartz
✔ Chlorite phantom inclusion
✔ Origin: Pakistan (Hashupi)
✔ Formation: High-altitude hydrothermal growth
✔ Surface: Natural etched texture
✔ Transparency: Translucent / Milky
✔ Condition: Natural — includes etching and inclusions
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⚠️Condition
This is a natural crystal with visible inclusions, surface etching, and growth textures.
These are natural geological features, not damage.
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🧾Identification
Mineral: Quartz
Variety: Chlorite Phantom Quartz
Origin: Pakistan (Hashupi)
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Formation: Natural Hydrothermal Growth
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📝Ending
This piece comes from my personal collection.
Himalayan quartz is valued for its natural etched textures and formation patterns rather than perfect clarity.
