Quartz Pom Pom
Octagon Cut
4.80 x 11.20 x 6.90 mm
Discovered Year 2023
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Pom Pom quartz max10512 Trade name given to a type of quartz discovered in 2023 in Brazil. The inclusions are rounded balls like a puff. Often are empty shells like a negative formation, similar to fluorite or cristobalite inclusions. The color is brown or dark yellow. The identification of this mineral has been performed at University La Sapienza, in Roma and is bassanite: a calcium sulfate mineral with formula: CaSO4· 1/2H2O or 2CaSO4·H2O. Quite rare find