Judging quality
Fine material shows bright forest-green chlorite suspended in genuinely clear quartz. Chlorite on the surface only is common and much less valuable than fully included material.
Quartz
Chlorite Quartz
Quartz with green chlorite included as clouds, phantoms or surface coatings. Himalayan chlorite quartz often pairs the green with iron staining and pristine terminations.
Care
Surface chlorite is soft and can be rubbed away — clean with a dry brush rather than scrubbing.
History & lore
Alpine and Himalayan strahlers have long used chlorite coatings as a field indicator of productive quartz veins.
Cultural history, recorded as tradition rather than as medical or scientific claim.
Common questions about Chlorite Quartz
- What is Chlorite Quartz?
- Quartz with green chlorite included as clouds, phantoms or surface coatings. Himalayan chlorite quartz often pairs the green with iron staining and pristine terminations.
- How hard is Chlorite Quartz and what is it made of?
- Chlorite Quartz is a Quartz-family mineral with the composition SiO2 with chlorite. It crystallizes in the trigonal system and rates 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. It occurs in green, colorless.
- Where does Chlorite Quartz come from?
- Notable localities for Chlorite Quartz include Brazil, Pakistan, Nepal.
- How do you tell good Chlorite Quartz from filler?
- Fine material shows bright forest-green chlorite suspended in genuinely clear quartz. Chlorite on the surface only is common and much less valuable than fully included material.
- How do you care for Chlorite Quartz?
- Surface chlorite is soft and can be rubbed away — clean with a dry brush rather than scrubbing.
See it in person
Photographs only go so far
Both rooms are open six days a week, and there is always someone happy to pull pieces out of the case so you can compare them under the light.