Lepidocrocite included Quartz ("Strawberry Quartz")

Item Description

If you're in the market for something unique and different, check out this stone. For all of you rarities collectors out there, this one's for you. This is a lovely and unusual gemstone consisting of two separate minerals. Ordinarily this would only be a simple purple colorless Quartz gem were it not for the tiny red, fibrous inclusions of Lepidocrocite inside of it! Lepidocrocite is iron oxide that forms in slender, acicular or "needle-like", bright red crystals (typically as inclusions inside of Quartz). This material is sometimes referred to as "strawberry quartz" in the gem trade. This "Oval Cabochon" cut stone is a nice representative example of this material.