Jeffrey Quarry Solution Quartz
Charles Steuart, who owns CTS Rock Shop in Hot Spring, Arkansas, and I were talking when he mentioned that several years ago he bought an old collection of Jeffrey Quarry Solution Quartz crystals and really hadn't done anything with them. This perked my interest and I did a search for Solution Quartz on the internet and found very little information. I had read the history of Jeffrey Quarry on state geologist, Mike Howard's, web site and was fascinated by the story.
http://rockhoundingar.com/locations/jeffry.html
I offered to set up a web page with information about Solution Quartz and to see if there was a market for these unique and rare crystals. I asked Charles to write up a little history and information about how acquired this old collection of crystals. This is what he wrote:"I have always liked Jeffrey Quarry Quartz every since I laid eyes on it back in the 1950?s. It has always had a fascination to me as well as others. I couldn't scrape up enough money to rub two dimes together much less to have enough to buy pretty rocks.
In 1963 I went off to Arkansas Tech at Russellville and got me one of them College degrees in Geology. It took me until 1972 to get out but I had a 4 year sabbatical with Uncle Sam 1965-1969.
My wife and I bought a rock shop in 1997. In 1998 the guy that sold me the shop told me that he had 1000 pounds of Jeffrey that he and his dad dug over 30 years ago. Do you want to buy it? We struck a deal!
I was now the proud owner of a bunch of Jeffrey. Years rocked on and I sold, traded and gave away a little of it. I just couldn't see giving it up.? It was mine, all mine.
The Quarry sold this year (2006) to some developers that are going to build houses around these two lakes. (flooded Quarries). If they knew how many stolen cars, guns and dead bodies that I have heard that are in the bottom?
Photo of Jeffrey Quarry Lakes Today:
Any way, there will be no more Jeffrey Quarry Quartz coming out of area unless it is out of someone's personnel collection."
Charles T. Steuart
Arkansas Registered
Professional Geologist
#110
Many pieces of the Solution Quartz crystals have golden yellow to greenish balls of Cookite on them. In addition, Charles showed me a bucket full of Rectorite, which I had never heard of. Here is how Charles describes Rectorite:
"Now this Jeffrey Quarry Quartz grows in this "Rectorite" named after a lawyer that lived in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a jelly when in the rock fractures. The quartz grows in this jelly and that is why every crystal is double terminated, unless it grew on the sandstone. Now when you dig the quartz out of the fractures, the rectorite hits the air and turns to what is called "Mountain Leather". It's some neat stuff and is a clay mineral. It is flexible just like leather. If you look at it close, you will usually see small double terminated quartz crystals.
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 Top view.  Side view  SQ01 Bottom view 9" x 4" loaded with double terminated needle points. The bottom is peppered with cookeite - $250.00 |  Front view  Back view.  SQ02 Close up of needle points. This large, 9" x 8" "haystack" burr is layered with hundreds (maybe thousands) of double terminated crystals with both single and multiple terminations.? There are some golden Cookeite balls sprinkled - $600.00 (Sold) |
 Front view  Back view  SQ03 Close up of needle points. This large, 6.5" x 6" "haystack" burr is layered with hundreds (maybe thousands) of double terminated crystals with both single and multiple terminations and is loaded with Cookeite - $450.00 |  Top view.  Bottom view  SQ04 Close up of needle points. This large, 8' x 4" haystack ball is layered with thousands of double terminated crystals - $500.00 |
 Front view  Back view  SQ05 This 4" base cluster of double terminated crystals on matrix with a little Cookeite - $75.00 |  Top of plate  Side of plate  SQ06 Close up of needle points. Beautiful 7" base haystack cluster with caves and a splattering of Cookeite - $250.00 |
 Front view Tabby faden cluster burr speckeled with silver cookeite  SQ07 Back view - $150.00 (Sold) | |
 SQ08 Unique 4.5" stacked tabby cluster loaded with silver Cookeite - $100.00 |  SQ09 4" cluster peppered with Cookeite - $60.00 (Sold) |
 SQ10 " black base cluster? peppered with Cookeite - $15.00 |  SQ11 4.5" cluster coated in gold and silver cookeite - $100.00 |
 SQ12 Layered with needle points - $30.00 |  SQ13 Small haystack full of white cookeite - $10.00 |
 SQ14 Lots to discover - $20.00 |  SQ15 Peppered with cookiete - $30.00 |
 SQ16 Unusual matrix burr with Cookeite - $15.00 (Sold) |  SQ17 Unique cluster formation with a sprinkling of golden cookeite - $25.00 |
 SQ18 Unique cluster with golden cookeite - $35.00 (Sold) |  SQ19 Unique formation with white cookeite on the base - $45.00 |
 SQ20 4" cluster peppered with gold Cookeite on black matrix - $30.00 |  SQ21 Unique burr with white cookeiter on the matrix - $35.00 |
 SQ22 Unique cluster formation sprinkled with white cookeite - $30.00 |  SQ23 Cluster with gobs of blue/white cookeite - $35.00 |
 SQ24 3.5" Burr with Cookeite on black matrix - $35.00 |  SQ25 Mini haystack - $10.00 (Sold) |
 SQ26 Unique cluster with a lot to discover. - $35.00 |  SQ27 Haystack stuck together with white cookeite - $35.00 |
 SQ28 Haystack with white cookeite - $15.00 |  SQ29 - $25.00 |
 SQ30 cluster with cookeite - $10.00 |  SQ31 Unique formation with lots to explore - $25.00 |
 SQ32 Specled with white cookeite - $15.00 |  SQ33 Unique haystack full of white cookeite - $15.00 |
 SQ34 Classic shiny haystack - $40.00 |  micro 1  micro 2  JQ Micro Bag Jeffrey Quarry Solution Quartz Micro CrystalsThousands of double terminated micro crystals in this all most 2 ounce bag. The crystals range in size from 1/64" to 1/2" long. Most are 1/64" diameter or smaller. I don't know what anyone will do with these beautiful little guys but you can have them for $20 a bag. Order JQ Micro Bag. - $20.00 |
 mini 1  mini 2  JQ Mini Bag Jeffrey Quarry Solution Quartz Mini CrystalsHundreds of double terminated mini crystals in this all most 2 ounce bag. The crystals range in size from 1/4" to 1" long. Most are 1/16" diameter or smaller. I don't know what anyone will do with these beautiful little guys but you can have them for $20 a bag. Order JQ Mini Bag. - $20.00 |
How To Order
How to order: Send Email request, call (870) 867-2443, or write to Stuart Schmitt, 60 Mary's Eagle Trail, Mount Ida, AR 71957. I offer a money back guarantee on all my crystal sales. If you're not satisfied, simply return the crystal and I'll refund your money.Shipping: Shipping cost will be added to the order. I usually ship U.S. Post Office Priority Mail within the US unless otherwise requested and use the USPS Postal Calculator to determine shipping costs. I can get about 20 pounds of crystals in the Priority Mail flat rate box for $10.70 shipping cost. Good news for international orders! The USPS Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box is just $43.45 for up to 20 pounds to any country (Canada and Mexico just $26.95). Other size USPS flat rate boxes also available.
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