Iron Quartz (Turkey)

Analytical Result Report
Sample id: 1559 (#6 citrine?)
Submitted by: Soul Body Gems
Date completed: 3-27-2026
Operating conditions: A Bruker Titan X-ray  fluorescence spectrometer was used and operated at 10, 25 and 50 kV.
A Bruker D2-Phaser X-ray diffractometer was also used and operated at 30 kV and 10 mA.
 
Fig. 1:  Photograph of the specimen.  9 cm maximum dimension.   Close-up oof the white area on the right.
Table 1: Major and minor elemental composition of the material, in wt. %. From a fresh surface
Summary of findings:  This is an interesting specimen (Fig. 1).  It is a coarse drusy quartz specimen from a brecciated zone of country rock that has undergone brittle deformation  followed by hydrothermal fluid invasion which deposited the quartz crystals. The color oof the quartz is caused by a thin film of iron oxides and is not internal (Table 1).  There is plenty iron oxide present on coating and it is mainly fine-grained hematite plus several  wt. % of magnesium , around 1 wt. % calcium and less than  1  wt. % manganese.  This is not citrine, just stained quartz.
Date:    3-27-2026                      Signature