Tibetan Quartz Meaning, Metaphysical Energy & Geology

Quartz with tourmaline, chlorite, phlogopite–biotite mica and surface calcite; carbon was not identified as the inclusions.

Sample: 1112. Completed: January 24, 2025.

What the testing found

The prismatic inclusions and part of the overgrowth are tourmaline intermediate between dravite and schorl. Most of the overgrowth is chlorite, with coarser phlogopite–biotite flakes. White crumbly material on the surface is calcite. The researcher suggested formation in a quartz vein in metamorphic rock, similar to an Alpine vein.

Tibetan Quartz and Carbon Quartz are the supplied market names. This analysis identifies the associated minerals; it does not independently establish a Tibetan locality.

Also listed as: Tibetan Quartz · Carbon Quartz

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Understanding the report figures

Use this guide alongside the written findings and the original report transcript. It explains the purpose of each analytical figure and preserves the laboratory’s own figure labels. The interpretations apply to the tested specimen; signals alone do not establish the identity of every similar-looking stone.

Electron microscope image: This view shows small-scale regions selected for analysis. Its brightness contrast helps distinguish regions with different compositions; it is not a photograph of their natural colors. Numbered spots connect this view to the analyses listed in the report.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig.2: Backscattered electron image of an area of the specimen.
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 3: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 2. (tourmaline group)
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 4: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 2 in Fig. 2 (chlorite group)
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 5: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 3 in Fig. 2 (mica group)
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 6: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 4 in Fig. 2 (quartz)
Electron microscope image: This view shows small-scale regions selected for analysis. Its brightness contrast helps distinguish regions with different compositions; it is not a photograph of their natural colors. Numbered spots connect this view to the analyses listed in the report.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 7: Backscattered electron image on another area of the specimen.
Elemental spectrum: The peaks record characteristic X-ray signals from elements in the analyzed spot or area. This is an analysis of that location, not automatically of the entire specimen. Any mineral identification or uncertainty named in the laboratory caption is retained below.
Laboratory figure caption: Fig. 8: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 7 (calcite)

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Analytical Result Report

Sample id: 1112 (#1, Tibetan ‘carbon’ quartz

Submitted by: Soul Body Gems

Date completed: 1-24-2025

Operating conditions: An AMRAY 1830 SEM operated at 25 kV acceleration potential, 24 mm working distance, 0 degrees sample tilt, coated with 250 Å carbon, and also using the attached XRF unit operated at 30 kV.

A Bruker D2 Phaser X-ray diffractometer was also used in the study and operated at 30 kV and 10 mA.

Photograph of the specimen. Approximately 7 cm long.

Fig.2: Backscattered electron image of an area of the specimen.

Fig. 3: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 2. (tourmaline group)

Fig. 4: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 2 in Fig. 2 (chlorite group)

Fig. 5: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 3 in Fig. 2 (mica group)

Fig. 6: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 4 in Fig. 2 (quartz)

Fig. 7: Backscattered electron image on another area of the specimen.

Fig. 8: Energy dispersive spectrum of spot 1 in Fig. 7 (calcite)

Summary of findings: This specimen (Fig. 1) is interesting. The overgrowth as well as the prismatic inclusions consists of tourmaline, essentially an intermediate between dravite and schorl (Figs. 2 and 3). The bulk of the overgrowth is a member of the chlorite group (Figs. 2 and 4). Some coarser flakes of a mica are interspersed (Figs. 2 and 5), they are phlogopite-biotite. And the quartz is confirmed in Figs. 2 and 6. The white crumbly material on the surface is calcite (Figs. 7 and 8). It is likely that this specimen was found in a quartz vein in metamorphic country rock, similar to an Alpine vein.

Date: 1-24-2025 Signature

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