Quartz Has a Characteristic Conchoidal Fracture, Yet Rock Shops Often

question 86

Multiple Choice

Quartz has a characteristic conchoidal fracture, yet rock shops often sell quartz as elongate six sided objects with a pointed termination. What causes this shape?

• A) You should never buy a crystal like this because it is clearly fake, only artificial crystals grow this way.
• B) Quartz usually is amorphous, consistent with its conchoidal fracture, but when it grows it grows against minerals with planar faces, causing this shape.
• C) The rock shop cuts them that way with abrasives. The facets are cut to give the crystals more "power" for the crystal people.
• D) The planar faces that form the object are crystal faces that grow when the crystals grew into a void.

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