In this article, crystal form refers not to the strict crystallography definition, but instead to growth patterns of groups of crystals.   Index to Quartz Digging Cleaning Worth Fee Pay Mines Types Forms Inclusions Geology Mineralogy Synthetic Gemstones Handedness Experiments

Burrs, floaters, bent crystals, twins, fadens, scepters, tabulars, parallel growths, skeletals. Page 7a. Curved Crystals Growth of subparallel individual crystals produces a curved crystal specimen, Jeffery quarry, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR Page 7b. Cactus Quartz Multiple terminated growth on a growth form called "cactus quartz" by local collectors, Big Cedar Bluff, Saline County, AR. Page 7c. Parallel Growth Habits Jeffrey quarry specimens exhibiting parallel growth habit on floater clusters, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR Page 7d. Twins Japanese twins are rare, but can be found in Arkansas Page 7e. Fractured Quartz Broken quartz that rehealed itself   Asterated Quartz See how the light shows a star? It's much like a star ruby or sapphire.       Contact the authors of Rockhounding Arkansas revised January 1999 ©Rockhounding Arkansas 1998 http://rockhoundingAR.com