Microcline feldspar with smoky quartz Vanadinite giving the smoky quartz a

giving the smoky quartz a witchy appearance

with a small amount of light gray matrix on the base

I have a hard time passing up isopod morphs with mineral names

and this one is the mother lode

Microcline feldspar with smoky quartz Vanadinite giving the smoky quartz aLocale: La Mancuerna, Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico Approx size: 12. 5" Approx weight: 15100g Microcline is a type of feldspar that forms opaque blocky geometric crystals, the groupings often resembling cities and architectural forms. The mineral is near white with parallel striations; this is called "perthitic" texture and is common in microcline, caused by the intergrowth of two varieties of feldspar. Feldspar likes to grow as twinned crystals, meaning