These are crystals that usually contain pockets of pure water mysteriously trapped many hundreds of thousands sometimes millions of years ago. Quartz with petroleum inclusions. Being a particular kind of enhydro doubly terminated quartz crystals containing negative crystals filled with petroleum methane bitumen and water are rare though material of very good quality appears on gem and mineral fairs on a regular basis. Enhydro translates from greek as water within. Under ultra violet radiation the petroleum inclusions present in the material reveal a strong fluorescent reaction.
A rare variety of quartz with liquid petroleum filling natural cavities held within these crystals from belouchistan pakistan. The most visible inclusion is the petroleum trapped in the cavities and negative crystals. Petroleum quartz is a very transparent water clear crystal. Find great deals on ebay for petroleum quartz crystal. The faces are smooth and very lustrous without pronounced striations making the perfect canvas for the inclusions with no interference inside or outside the crystal.
The petroleum sits inside negative voids and is seen as a greenish yellow fluid which often contains a methane gas bubble and small black blebs of bitumen forming what is known as a 3 phase inclusion meaning that these inclusions display 3 phases of matter a liquid the petroleum a solid the bitumen and a gas the. Golden enhydros also known as petroleum quartz are one of the most beautiful exotic and energetic of all quartz types. The petroleum sits inside negative voids and is seen as a greenish yellow fluid which often contains a methane gas bubble and small black blebs of bitumen forming what is known as a 3 phase inclusion meaning that these inclusions display 3 phases of matter a liquid the petroleum a solid the bitumen and a gas the. A rare variety of quartz with liquid petroleum filling natural cavities held within these crystals from belouchistan pakistan. These are crystals that usually contain pockets of pure water mysteriously trapped many hundreds of thousands sometimes millions of years ago.
