Morion - Definition and Overview

This article is about the mineral variety, for the English term for the helmet worn in the 16th century see Plate armour.

Morion or morion quartz is a dark-brown to black opaque variety of smoky quartz resulting from the natural or artificial irradiation of aluminium-containing milk quartz.

See also: List of minerals

External link

Mineral Galleries - smoky quartz (http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/gemstone/smoky_qu/smoky_qu.htm)

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