Lab grown Quartz

Lab grown Quartz

Bit of an odd one, this - this is a piece of laboratory grown Quartz. Quartz is grown when particularly pure pieces are required - for example, for watchmaking.

The process is one I don't fully understand; the Quartz is crushed and then held at a high temperature with an immense amount of pressure. After some months, the Quartz turns into a gas and grows via deposition onto small seed crystals. This process results in perfectly pure Quartz crystals.

These crystals measure approximately 200x20x15MM.