Quartz Crystal?

Question

umm
so where can i get one, and how much does it cost?
please and thank yers!!

and guys, dont say anything mean.
cause like every question i asked, theres an idiot saying something mean to me

Answer 1

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Ziggy - those are cut glass they lie
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Words cannot describe the thrill of discovering your own crystal specimens. Beware, it can be addictive. Adults seem to experience the excitement of a child while digging in the clay and rocks. You get covered with red clay that stains your clothes and don't even care. How irresponsible we become while digging for crystal.

Where To Dig - Fee Dig or Free Dig

If you imagine finding crystal by creeping through dark, underground tunnels, you're in for a surprise. The crystal mining areas are open pit and look very much like strip mines. You can dig crystal free or pay a small fee to dig at privately owned mining claims.

If you want to venture off on your own, the Ouachita (wash-shi-ta) National Forest is open to the public (including rockhounds). You are welcome to pick up crystal from surface exposures for your personal use but not for resale. Crystal is found almost everywhere you see white quartz rock on the ground. The Forest Service Crystal Vista recreation site is an old mining claim that is also open to the public. I recommend you stop by the Womble Ranger Station on the edge of Mount Ida to get a map and other helpful information.

Several of the privately owned mining claims let the public dig for a fee. The average cost is $10 to $20 per day, per person, and you get to keep all the crystal you dig. You can also contact the Mount Ida Area Chamber of Commerce at 870-867-2723 for information and brochures.

TIP: Your chances of finding crystal at a fee dig mine will be better if the mine is currently in operation. Ask if they have been mining recently.

How To Dig Crystal

Any vision of scooping crystal up by the bucket full with heavy equipment is false. All crystal is dug by hand to protect and prevent damage. Real miners use various size ‘digger bars’ to extract crystal by hand once a pocket is exposed. Heavy equipment (track hoe, dozers) are used to remove the larger rocks and over burden to gain access to the crystal veins and pockets. In the process, smaller pockets of crystal will be removed and wind up in the over burden or tailings. This is usually the easiest and most productive area for the novice to find crystal. Some of the mines let you dig in the quartz veins, and with a lot of hard work with hand tools it is possible to hit the mother load.

Answer 2

The alternative, but 100% accurate, answer

it's an electronic part made of quartz (sand)

depending on the physical dimensions
it has resonance at a certain frequency

in a watch it would be 32.768 KHz
divide by 2 fifteen times to get 1Hz

you can get crystals at much higher frequencies, several Megahertz

The easiest way to get one is from an old digital watch

But some use resonators (SAW devices)

Cost is negligible (pence) , but you will pay considerably more
for 1 and post and packing (min order 5 pounds)

a low frequency crystal will be in a glass tube ...which makes it easy to see (watches will have a small metal tube with two wires emerging from one end)

any radio or electronic shops near you

or perhaps now you don't want one lol
(you'd need an oscilloscope to see it working)

Answer 3

I would recommend a gem & mineral show; there are always
many dealers at these shows and many of them have all
types of crystals. You can also find them in the area around
Hot Springs, Arkansas, where some of the world's finest
quartz crystals occur. There are many mines around there
where you can hunt your own for a nominal fee. If you want
to buy one, they cost anywhere from a dollar to several
hundred depending on size, clarity, and freedom from
flaws. You can get some nice hand specimens for a few
dollars. I hunt my own and have several boxes from the
Hot Springs - Mount Ida area in Arkansas.

Answer 4

I don't know where you live, but start with the yellow pages. Look for Rock Shops, Spiritual Shops, Gem and Mineral Shows, Geology outlets, even Head Shops and Nature Stores or Museums will have Quartz for sale.
Happy Hunting.

Answer 5

quartz crystals????? i have loads at home, some are relativly cheap. i dont know where you live but im from uk and i payed about £3 which aint much. your best place for them are from museums (they sell alot of them) some high street shops sell them you just have to look in the right ones, oh and some market stalls sell them, you can get these quartz in different colours= white (milky quartz), pink (rose quartz), yellow (citrine) and there is also purple (amethyst), this colour is mainly from iron.
hope you find one.

Answer 6

You can buy them online at the address below for $5 and upwards.

http://www.bestcrystals.com/qcryst~1.html

Answer 7

New Age shops and fayres are quite good - things like this usually come under the 'spiritual' and 'alternative' headings .....