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Weight
Combined Weight
21.1 g
0.0211 kg
0.74 oz
0.047 lb
Approx. 105.5 ct
Golden Nirvana Quartz
12.0 g
0.0120 kg
0.42 oz
0.026 lb
Approx. 60 ct
Icy Nirvana Quartz
9.1 g
0.0091 kg
0.32 oz
0.020 lb
Approx. 45.5 ct
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Dimensions
Golden Nirvana Quartz
Longest side: 38.9 mm
3.89 cm
1.53 in
Icy Nirvana Quartz
Longest side: 41.76 mm
4.18 cm
1.64 in
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Description
This pair comes from my personal collection, carefully selected to be displayed together as two contrasting examples of naturally etched Himalayan quartz from Nepal.
“Twin Nirvana” brings together two small but highly sculptural quartz specimens with dramatically different appearances — one warm, honey-golden and densely textured, the other cool, icy-white and more elongated.
The Golden Nirvana Quartz has a soft honey-to-milky golden body rather than conventional glass-like clarity. Its real character appears under closer observation: almost the entire crystal is covered with dense, naturally developed Nirvana-style dissolution and regrowth textures.
Instead of simple flat crystal faces, its surface develops into overlapping terraces, recessed areas, stepped growth, irregular sculptural ridges, and countless tiny reflective planes. Light catches these miniature surfaces from different directions, giving the specimen a surprisingly lively appearance despite its softer translucency.
Its irregular multi-directional growth creates an almost architectural silhouette, with projecting crystal sections extending outward from the central body. From different viewing angles, the specimen changes dramatically in profile.
Scattered through portions of the golden crystal are also fine dark needle-like mineral inclusions, adding another layer of natural detail to the already complex etched surface.
The accompanying Icy Nirvana Quartz creates an intentional contrast. It has a cooler silver-white to icy appearance and a taller, more blade-like silhouette. Its naturally modified surfaces show pronounced dissolution, irregular growth contours, and complex etched textures characteristic of Himalayan quartz affected by changing geological growth conditions.
Rather than two matching crystals, this pair presents two very different expressions of natural Himalayan dissolution and regrowth:
Golden — warm, dense, sculptural and heavily textured.
Icy — cool, elongated, rugged and translucent.
Placed side by side, their similar size but contrasting color, transparency and morphology make them especially interesting as a small comparative mineral display.
Both specimens are natural and unpolished. Their irregular surfaces, etched areas, growth contacts, inclusions and natural imperfections are part of their original mineral formation rather than manufactured finishing.
Please review all photographs carefully for the exact condition, natural surface texture and morphology of both specimens.
Two colors. Two structures. Two completely different expressions of Himalayan Nirvana quartz — preserved together as one natural mineral pair.
