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36 Minerals

Q- Quartz

Q- Quartz

$42.00 USD
$42.00 USD
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Size

Q is for quartz. This quartz is shot through with rutile inclusions creating what is known as rutilated quartz.

All prints are of digital paintings of minerals created with archival ink and paper. Each print is signed by the artist. You can watch the painting process in the video below.

Materials

All prints are printed on Red River 60lb Polar White paper with archival ink.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping is from my studio in Baltimore, MD to anywhere in the Continental United States. Orders over $100 ship free of charge.

8" x 10" prints ship flat pack, and the two larger sizes ship in a tube.

Dimensions

I currently offer 3 sizes of prints. You can select sizes above.

Care Instructions

All prints are printed on archival paper with archival ink, but I do recommend you protect your print within a glass frame. I've chosen 3 common sizes that are easy to find a variety of frame styles an price points for.

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Quartz

Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz containing needle-like inclusions of rutile, a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide.

  • Chemical Formula

    SiO2

  • Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness

    7 – lower in impure varieties (defining mineral)

  • Streak

    White

  • Geological Setting

    While the majority of quartz crystallizes from molten magma, quartz also chemically precipitates from hot hydrothermal veins as gangue, sometimes with ore minerals like gold, silver and copper. Large crystals of quartz are found in magmatic pegmatites.