This is a magnificent crystal. It has superb clarity and the faces have extraordinary and prominent growth lines with amazing patterns.
It has an internal fracture near the tip of the crystal where it also has iron oxide inclusion some barnacles and regrowth pattern, which makes me believe that the crystal was hit by something while it was in its original place, that damaged the crystal on the outside and creating also the internal fracture. At the bottom there is also a beautiful pattern of advanced regrowth, where can be seen many tiny terminations that when the light hits creates a spectacular shimmer.
This crystal is also a Record Keeper.
You can read more about the characteristics of this crystal and others in the section, "Crystal Characteristics".
Hashupi quartz crystals of high quality are a very rare type of Himalayan crystals, the higher the quality the higher the difficulty to get them, not only because of climate conditions and high altitudes, that makes miners only extract them for a few months a year but also because crystals of such high quality have been very hard to find in the mines.
This crystal comes from Hashupi mine, in Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Hashupi Tessin Habit, Record Keeper, Self Healed, DT
Weight: 123gr
Height: 11.0cm
Width: 3.5cm
Depth: 2.8cm