Included Smokies
Generally, the rule when working with included crystals is to know what each mineral is and what its attributes are, and to understand that the base energies of the crystal will be enhanced / adjusted accordingly. Along with other members of the quartz family, it is common to find smoky quartz with inclusions: many crystals have deep golden-yellow, red or orange areas within or just below their surface - these are likely to be iron deposits, which may look rather "smeary" or liquid; some have small white snowballs in/on them - these are likely to be okenite; some exhibit rutilation in shades of silver, copper, bronze or gold, or tourmaline needles - usually black. Other inclusions include hematite (usually small silvery metallic flecks or spots); lepidocrocite (usually small red or orange flecks or spots); phantom inclusions (commonly exhibiting "layers" of clear, milky or amethyst quartz - or more rarely citrine); air or water inclusions, resulting in skeletal layering and / or enhydro formation (these are comparatively common within smoky quartz, but remain rare and very sought after crystals!)
To read more about the different forms and formations of minerals and their uses, you may like to return to our main site and to the pages under the dropdown heading "Crystal Directories".
11G305
Orange River Quartz: crystal cluster - Elestial (Africa)
T271
Rutilated / Tourmalinated Smoky Quartz: tumbled stones
17M044
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: crystal
17M043
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: crystal - Phantom
19J072
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished point (Brazil)
15G065
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished point (Madagascar)
17C076
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished point (Madagascar)
19M079
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished point - Phantom
15G066
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished shape (Madagascar)
15G072
Rutilated Smoky Quartz: polished shape (Madagascar)
11G276
Smoky / Clear Quartz (Brandburg): crystal - Skeletal Twin
11G355
Smoky Quartz (Brandburg): crystal cluster - Skeletal Manifestor
11G314
Smoky Quartz with Black Tourmaline: crystal cluster (Namibia)
15E096
Smoky Quartz: polished pebble - Included (Madagascar)
832
Smoky Quartz: polished point (Madagascar)
15G055
Smoky Quartz: polished point (Madagascar)
11G313
Tourmalinated Smoky Quartz: crystal cluster - (Namibia)
17C080
Tourmalinated Smoky Quartz: polished point (Madagascar)
15E010
Tourmalinated Smoky Quartz: polished shape