Why prehistoric Brits fancied rare quartz
Mining News Pro - Early Neolithic Brits used rock crystal —a rare type of perfectly transparent quartz which forms in large hexagonal gems— to mark their burial sites, according to new archaeological research.
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KZN 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals
Mining News Pro - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said on Sunday, but quartz stones with relatively low, if any, value.
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Seabridge turns attention to Quartz Rise target at Iskut project
Mining News Pro - Toronto’s Seabridge Gold is turning its attention to the Quartz Rise high grade gold target on its Iskut property 110 km northwest of Stewart.
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