QUARTZ WITH PETROLEUM

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL STONE

TREATMENT - NONE Inside this highly transparent gem are a series of negative cavities containing liquid petroleum (greenish-blue in LW UV light)has black bitumen and a bubble of Methane gas in each. Crystals with these 3-phase inclusions are rare. Rarer still are specimens with cavities large enough to allow the gas bubbles to move through them. In addition to these, there are a number of unusual black cord-like inclusions, possibly bitumen, which appear to coil around the cavities. With its multiple fluorescent inclusions and the remarkable movement of its methane bubbles can be found in many pcs

PARENT COMPANIES: TRUEBLUEOPALS PTY LTD (AUSTRALIA) AND LIGHTNINGOPAL LLC (USA)