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Cactus Quartz Multiple terminated growth on a growth form called "cactus quartz" by local collectors, Big Cedar Bluff, Saline County, AR. The growth in the C axis direction is so rapid that the trigonal termination faces are not filled in on the crystal aggregates to form a "single" crystal. Tiny trigonal faces terminate each termination, all in the same orientation.         Contact the authors of Rockhounding Arkansas Revised July 1998 ©Rockhounding Arkansas 1998 http://rockhoundingAR.com