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| Magnet Cove Brookite Crystals & Quartz Crystals. Arkansas has several different types of notable minerals and crystals but is most famous for its water-clear quartz crystals. We will cover several localities & different types of minerals that occur in Arkansas. Magnet Cove Brookite crystals are found in top quality with great form and complexity. This page is photo intensive with high-resolution photos so it may be slow to load. It is best to click 2X to view each image full size - it will be worth the wait. Newest photos are lower on page. You are on the MAGNET COVE PAGE. |
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| We have Brookite crystals for sale! Just use the link at right for my ebay store. These are also available for sale in my rock shop , The Mineral Gallery,in McDonough, Ga. |
| Pictured below and at left is an interesting small double terminated brookite crystal with tiny quartz crystals attached. Note penny for scale |
| The photo on the right shows a different crystal with more matrix & has a better defined quartz crystal on it. |
| The Magnet Cove brookite crystal shown below (#9826) is almost completely covered with tiny micro quartz crystals . |
| The Magnet Cove Brookite crystal specimen shown below - #9795 - has an unusual shape. It has a bluish-purple color that is only observed in bright lighting and only at certain angles. This crystal is on matrix with tiny quartz crystals and other much smaller brookite crystals. It is well worth taking the time to click to expand these photos. |
| The magnet cove location was closed in the 1990's and totally reclaimed and turned into a housing subdivision. I ended up with these by buying a major portion of the Bud and Mary Edith Sigmund (Bee Line Minerals) estate collection. In that purchase was a flat of dirty uncleaned crystals. I bought them in about 2010 and they sat uncleaned in storage until the summer of 2017. These were most likely collected in the mid 1980's so they sat uncleaned in storage by multiple owners for about thirty years! |
| Usually the specimens from magnet cove are larger crudely formed quartz crystals (often unterminated) that have brookite crystals peppered all over it, with some small quartz crystals. There is usually lots of smaller brookite crystals hiding in the nooks and crannies. The brookite crystals are so numerous as to usually be beyond counting! |
| Brookite crystal specimen #9784 shown below exhibits the typical diamond or kite shape that is most common. Also present on its surface is tiny quartz crystals, many of which are seen to be doubly terminated. One photo shows a hint of the bluish color that can only be observed at certain oblique angles. |
| Magnet Cove Specimen #9785 is seen to be a larger terminated smoky quartz crystal with somewhat larger brookite crystals on its surface along with small quartz crystals. There is a small amount of iron oxides on this specimen |
| The photo immediately below left will open into a huge full screen photo showing the countless tiny brookite crystals on quartz crystals. |
| Below we see a mini-cluster of magnet cove brookite crystals -#9655. This specimen is a few double terminated brookites and the specimen looks totally different on one side than the other. One side has smaller complex triangular faces & all are double terminated! |
| Believe it or not, here is yet another double terminated magnet cove brookite crystal that has a tiny double terminated quartz crystal on it! Note penny for scale as it is a tiny specimen. (Below, Specimen #9660) |
| #9693, seen below, is a spectacular magnet cove brookite crystal with quartz crystals. This crystal has vivid blue color when viewed from certain angles. |
| I should have brookite crystals listed for sale right now! Just click the image below and type "BROOKITE" in the search box that says "search within store" |
| Below you'll see specimen #8822: A funky quartz crystal cluster with many brookite crystals! This is the classic Magnet Cove habit! |
| Below is another similar Magnet Cove smoky quartz crystal that is studded with brookite crystals: |
| Below left is an unsually shaped Magnet Cove Brookite Crystal and on the right is a textbook perfect example of the typical habit. |
| Below is one of my all-time favorite Magnet Cove Brookite crystal specimens. The smaller smoky quartz crystals reminds me of a saguaro cactus in one area! |
| Below is some unsually brilliant and shiny Magnet Cove Brookite Crystals on matrix |
| UPDATED MARCH 16, 2019 1:15 PM EASTERN |
| Here we see a large specimen from magnet cove with relatively huge brookite crystals on large smoky quartz crystals. This is very uncommon in this palm-sized specimen! |
| Below are random Magnet Cove Brookite Crystal photos |
| Below are some exceptional (if I do say so myself) photos of Magnet Cover Brookite crystals on smoky quartz crystals. This is a very small specimen but with excellent crystal growth. |
| Yes! We do have brookite crystals for sale. You can buy them at our rock shop (info below) or from my ebay store page (info at right). We have brookite crystals for sale at our rock shop in McDonough (just South of Atlanta). The address for The Mineral Gallery inside the Peachtree Antique center is 155 Mill Road, McDonough, GA 30253. For hours and complete information check out the rock shop page at THE MINERAL GALLERY |
| Below are photos showing a cluster of smoky quartz crystals with Brookite crystals that is on a friable sandstone matrix. |
| Brookite clusters on sand stone matrix from Magnet Cove are rarely seen. Note how grains of sand have detached while handling it in the photo below. |
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| Another interesting mineral that occurs at Magnet Cove is RUTILE PARAMORPHS. A nice rutile paramorph crystal is shown below |
