Chinese
Name:縫合線水晶
English Name:Faden Quartz, Tabular(Tabby) Quartz
Chemical Composition:SiO2
Crystal System:Trigonal
Hardness:7.0
SG:2.65
RI:1.544 - 1.553 (Double
refraction +0.009)
Birthstone:April
Astrological Sign:Scorpio
Related Chakra:Balance, clean up
every chakra of body, especially to the crown
Locality: Pakistan, France, Morocco, Germany, Apline region of Eruope, Russia and Arkansas (USA)
Remarks:Faden quartz is usually tubular group of quartz crystals with a white thread-like or string-like zone running through the interior.
The term "Faden" is a German word for "thread".
They are found in areas of low grade metamorphism (fissures of metamorphic formations) in which cavities in the rock are growing. When these zones grow, the quartz crystals in them are broken (repeatedly), and the healing and regrowth incorporates fluid and gaseous inclusions (the white threads). The edges of the crystals grow faster and incorporate the liquid inclusions in the center of the crystals.
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