Quartz With Aqua Inclusion Need Help To ID

[MrLee]

I picked this up at the Himalaya mine last year and have been stumped by it. It looks like Aquamarine inside of quartz. Any opinions?

 

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[rodoconnor]

What a specimen

 

[DDancer]

Interesting speci there. I'm hard pressed to guess if you've a phantom crystal or if indeed a quartz crystal formed over a bit of aqua. I believe GFreeman had a crystal up a bit ago that looked to be similar~ quartz over beryl if I remember right.
When conditions are right quartz will grow over many materials. I've had/have species with copper, gold, manganese crystals inside the main body as well as a few phantom crystals. I can not rightly say how you'd test it *scratches head* but its a keeper.

 

[JLeonhardy]

I suspect, given the source location, it's more likely to be a quartz after tourmaline. Hard to tell from the photo.