QUARTZ WITH GOETHITE INCLUSIONS
From fanned white, yellow to brown coloured dendritic forms to golden 'organ-pipes', Goethite, an iron-bearing hydroxide mineral, is one of the more common inclusion varieties found in quartz, but its varied colours and almost infinate forms and patterns make it a popular one among collectors.
Goethite is sometimes called 'Cacoxenite' by the trade when it appears as golden coloured crystal inclusions, but cacoxenite is a separate mineral with no relation to goethite and is yet to be discovered as an inclusion in quartz.
Goethite is sometimes called 'Cacoxenite' by the trade when it appears as golden coloured crystal inclusions, but cacoxenite is a separate mineral with no relation to goethite and is yet to be discovered as an inclusion in quartz.