Quartz broken from it’s place of formation

Sometimes Quartz that has broken from its place of formation, through tectonic movement or extreme temperature changes, can ‘heal’ itself in the right conditions. Self healing or Re-healing is when the Quartz continues forming over the fractured section of the crystal to form new faces and terminations. Here is a Quartz crystal that has begun to heal, you can see the beginnings of the geometric crystal faces taking shape.

Quartz crystal that has begun to heal itself

Sometimes a piece that has separated heals so well that you can’t tell where it separated at all, this is referred to as a “floater,” and many are highly prized collector’s pieces like this Smoky Quartz, which has formed many stepped, triangular terminations over its fracture.

Smoky Quartz “Floater” that has healed itself