Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite toenail or a Quartz collection

or a Quartz collection

Specimen# CO712B160

and good pieces are next to impossible to obtain from the classic European localities

The gemmier portions of the piece have great luster and that classic “glass-bead” like appearance that is well known in Hyalite

Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite toenail or a Quartz collectionA beautiful, toenail sized specimen from the famous Canyon Creek area that produced some of the most well known Quartz casts from the state. For years, people have written that these epimorphs were replacements of Quartz after Baryte, and I always contested that this couldnt be the case, and that the casts were most likely after Anhydrite. Finally, it appears that somebody else is on board with me as I read from Bill Dameron on mindat that Dr. Virgil