DOUBLE TERMINATED QUARTZ CRYSTAL Double terminated crystals are naturally faceted on both ends (terminals).  These crystals don’t grow on a quartz or sandstone matrix like other crystals do.  They form free-floating in clay pockets which is why they have a termination on each end.  Since they grow like this, suspended in clay and not on a matrix, it makes them more rare than other crystals which do grow on a quartz or sandstone matrix. Due to the double terminations on these crystals, the energy in these points goes in two directions rather than one, which makes them desireable for some types of energy work, meditation or other uses.  In comparison, when focused, single terminated crystals energy tends to flow outward in one direction, in the direction of the end point.  Sometimes double terminated crystals grow stuck to other crystal points that are attached to clusters and sometimes they come in clusters of double terminated points that form in sort of a double terminated ball in the clay pockets. Double terminated points that are very short and stubby and have a particular glow to them have been named "Arkimer's" by the miners in Mt. Ida, after the Herkimer Diamond which they closely resemble.  Herkimer Diamonds aren't diamonds at all, but double terminated quartz crystals that form in a very hard black matrix and are found exclusively in Herkimer New York, hence the name. return to Description page

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