Quartz Has a Characteristic Conchoidal Fracture,yet Rock Shops Often Sell

question 24

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

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