Trapiche Citrine Quartz (Katbar, Near Balkhash Lake, Central Kazakhstan) - 2312-TCQ-K3
Satisfying the human desire for symmetry, trapiche gems have a special allure. A trapiche (pronounced tra·PEE·che) is a type of milling wheel used to process sugar cane. Its spokes made it the namesake of trapiche gems, with their ""spokes"" or ""arms"" of inclusions between gemmy mineral growth. Since the geological conditions necessary to create these gems are uncommon, trapiches are some of the rarest specimens on Earth. Due to their fairly recent discovery and extreme rarity, relatively little information on these gems is available.
Not to be confused with star stones, trapiches are minerals that form with a radiating star of inclusions between growth sectors. Some form with a core or hub with spokes radiating outward from the core, while others form spokes from the center of the gem. Only minerals with a highly symmetric crystal habit are known to form the "spokes" or "arms" that define a trapiche gem.
These are cross-section slices of citrine quartz, thusly cut and polished to reveal the trapiche zoning of light and dark citrine yellows around the c-axis.
Satisfying the human desire for symmetry, trapiche gems have a special allure. A trapiche (pronounced tra·PEE·che) is a type of milling wheel used to process sugar cane. Its spokes made it the namesake of trapiche gems, with their ""spokes"" or ""arms"" of inclusions between gemmy mineral growth. Since the geological conditions necessary to create these gems are uncommon, trapiches are some of the rarest specimens on Earth. Due to their fairly recent discovery and extreme rarity, relatively little information on these gems is available.
Not to be confused with star stones, trapiches are minerals that form with a radiating star of inclusions between growth sectors. Some form with a core or hub with spokes radiating outward from the core, while others form spokes from the center of the gem. Only minerals with a highly symmetric crystal habit are known to form the "spokes" or "arms" that define a trapiche gem.
These are cross-section slices of citrine quartz, thusly cut and polished to reveal the trapiche zoning of light and dark citrine yellows around the c-axis.
Satisfying the human desire for symmetry, trapiche gems have a special allure. A trapiche (pronounced tra·PEE·che) is a type of milling wheel used to process sugar cane. Its spokes made it the namesake of trapiche gems, with their ""spokes"" or ""arms"" of inclusions between gemmy mineral growth. Since the geological conditions necessary to create these gems are uncommon, trapiches are some of the rarest specimens on Earth. Due to their fairly recent discovery and extreme rarity, relatively little information on these gems is available.
Not to be confused with star stones, trapiches are minerals that form with a radiating star of inclusions between growth sectors. Some form with a core or hub with spokes radiating outward from the core, while others form spokes from the center of the gem. Only minerals with a highly symmetric crystal habit are known to form the "spokes" or "arms" that define a trapiche gem.
These are cross-section slices of citrine quartz, thusly cut and polished to reveal the trapiche zoning of light and dark citrine yellows around the c-axis.
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