Smoky Quartz crystal pocket, Norway - Røykkvarts, Hurum

The Smoky quartz crystals in this short video I found in a pocket on Knivfjellet ("Knife mountain") in Hurum, about 30 kilometers from Oslo in the southern part of Norway. This small wooded mountain, with view overlooking the Drammen fiord, has yielded a lot of Smoky quartz through the years, from tiny to giant in size, often growing on or together with Orthoclase crystals. Mostly Smoky quartz from this location is quite dark, almost black, and rarely see-through and often with a distinct velvety looking coating.
The small pocket I discovered in May 2010 only contained one larger crystal, about 7 cm long, but many small groups of unusually lustrous and gemmy groups of small crystals. A very happy Rockhound indeed carried home, what I consider some of the nicest looking crystals I have ever found :)
PS: This is a test video of mine, so the second half of it is shots from my early summer garden....

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[HOORVT]

666 views when i clicked :) kool

[LanaV6]

Awesome! And beautiful.

[heightsgreen]

Beautiful crystals and a beautiful garden.

[Silur435410]

Fin

[estoyviendote]

So much beauty... I will be there next holliday

[isengrimm1]

looks like you live in paradise there!