Clear Citrine Double Terminated Crystal with Smoky Quartz Phantoms

A Citrine Double Terminated Crystal from Brazil with phantom stratigraphy and smoky quartz coatings. Both ends are formed as clean pyramids, with clearly visible smoky grey phantom lines within the honey-yellow crystal interior.

Double-terminated crystals grow freely in the geode solution, without being attached to the wall. The symmetrical double-pointed form indicates the free movement of the crystal during growth.

Brazilian citrine deposits in Rio Grande do Sul supply this material from the Serra Geral Basalt Formation. The natural golden color results from iron substitutions in the quartz lattice, without subsequent heat treatment.

Smoky quartz phantoms occur when thin layers of smoky quartz material are deposited during a growth interruption and are encased during further citrine growth. A geological stratigraphy within the crystal's interior.

Double-terminated crystals with phantom interiors are a distinct classification in the collector's market compared to standard single-terminated crystals.