PETROLEUM INCLUDED QUARTZ
ENPETRO QUARTZ/GOLDEN ENHYDRO QUARTZ

(Balochistan, Pakistan)

Found in Afghanistan, Pakistan & the Himalayas, these quartz crystals contain inclusions of petroleum and fluid bubbles. This petroleum fluoresces brightly under UV light, making for a very fun black light experiment. Unlike most crude oil, this oil is bright yellow to golden in color. When viewed with a microscope or a jewelers loupe, the included petroleum can also show bubbles trapped inside. Macrocrystalline quartz grows deep in the earth, where there is immense pressure and heat. They grow layer by layer over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. Sometimes some faces grow faster than others, depending on the growth habit (the tendency of a crystal to grow in a particular way) and in this case, petroleum was trapped inside the crystal as it grew. As the crystal moved closer to the surface of the earth over millennia, due to volcanic and tectonic movement, it cooled, as did the petroleum. The petroleum cooled, releasing the tiny gas bubbles that are also commonly seen within the crystal. Dark spots are asphaltite/gilsonite, an oil soluble mineral, that solidified out of the petroleum as it cooled. Some form as skeletal, framy nodules and some as small, double terminated, extremely clear crystals that resemble Herkimer Diamonds. They are sometimes erroneously called Petroleum Herkimer Diamonds, but only quartz from Herkimer, New York is allowed to have that name. Extremely rare and very fun, these are wonderful crystals to wire wrap and make into jewelry, add to a crystal grid, or show off under black lights.

– Associated with the Solar Plexus chakra, zodiac signs of Sagittarius and Pisces & vibrates to the numbers 111 & 3 (petroleum included quartz), 7 (enpetro quartz) & 6 (golden enhydro quartz).

– Enhances feelings of joy in everyday life, gives ample energy to finish tasks.
– Allows one to take time to rest, be present and recognize the beauty all around.
– Vibrates with a loving serene energy to knock out negative energies in the auric field.
– Helps calm those on the autism/aspergers spectrum.
– Physically eases anxiety, panic attacks and phobias.

Chemical Formula: SiO₂ Petroleum inclusions
Shape: nodules and small double terminated prismatic crystals
Crystal System: trigonal with hexagonal unit cell structure.
Color: colorless with yellow, orange and black inclusions
Streak: colorless, harder than streak plate
Luster: vitreus
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Hardness: 7 Moh’s
Tenacity: brittle
Cleavage: none
Fracture: conchoidal
Specific Gravity: 2.6-2.7 g/cm³