JEFFREY QUARRY SOLUTION QUARTZ, COOKEITE & RECTORITE
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.
Jeffery Quarry Solution Quartz For Sale
Click on photos for detailed pictures
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Side view |
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Bottom view |
SQ01 - 9" x 4"
loaded with double terminated needle points. The bottom is peppered
with cookeite ($250) |
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Front view |
Back view |
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Close up of needle points |
SQ02 - 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 around the cluster. ($600) |
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Front view |
Back view |
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Close up of needle points |
SQ03 - 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) |
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Top view |
Bottom view |
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Close up of needle points |
SQ04 - This large,
8' x 4" haystack ball is layered with thousands of double terminated crystals
($500) |
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Front view |
Back view |
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SQ05 - This 4"
base cluster of double terminated crystals on matrix with a little Cookeite
($75) |
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Top of plate |
Side of plate |
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Close up of needles |
SQ06 - Beautiful
7" base haystack cluster with caves and a splattering of Cookeite ($250) |
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Front |
Back |
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Close up |
SQ07 - 5" "haystack"
burr ($150) |
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Unique 4.5" stacked tabby cluster loaded with silver Cookeite $100 |
4" burr peppered with Cookeite $35 |
3" black base cluster peppered with Cookeite $15 |
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Cute burr $5 |
Black matrix burr with Cookeite $10 |
Stacked DTs on black matrix $10 |
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Hay stack $15 |
Tabby cluster with a sprinkling of Cookeite $10 |
SQ16
Unusual matrix burr with Cookeite $15 |
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Drusy cluster loaded with Cookeite $15 |
3" x 2" burr haystack with white Cookeite $45 |
Burr with Cookeite $5 |
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4" cluster peppered with gold Cookeite on black matrix $30 |
Classic haystack $10 |
Christmas tree burr $15 |
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Glass base cluster $10 |
3.5" Burr with Cookeite on black matrix $35 |
Tabby burr with cookeite $25 |
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Burr with Cookeite $10 |
Burr with Cookeite $15 |
Cluster with Cookeite on black matrix $10 |
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Classic haystack $10 |
SQ30
cluster with cookeite $10 |
SQ31
$10 |
SQ32
Unique cluster with green Cookeite $15
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SQ33
Bent faden tabby $10
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SQ34
Golden 3" haystack $30
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Micro Crystal Points
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Jeffrey Quarry
Solution Quartz Micro Crystals - Thousands 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 |
Mini Crystal Points
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Jeffrey Quarry Solution Quartz Mini Crystals - Hundreds
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 |
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 10 to
15 pounds of crystals in the Priority Mail flat rate box for $8.95 shipping
cost. Good news for international orders! The USPS Priority
Mail International Flat Rate Box is just $37 for up to 20 pounds to any
country (Canada and Mexico just $23).
3 Payment Options:
(1) I accept personal checks or money orders (in USD)
from US banks and will ship upon receipt of payment.
(2) I accept payment via PayPal. You can register
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(3) I also accept Visa, Mastercard, and Discover cards.
You can phone, FAX, or EMAIL your credit card information to me. To insure
secure transfer of credit card information if you choose to order via e-mail,
please submit your credit card information (cc#, expiration date and the
last three numbers in the signature block on the back) in two parts in
two emails.
Now where do you want to go?
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Stuart Schmitt - 60 Mary's Eagle Trail - Mount Ida,
AR 71957 - (870) 867-2443
I would appreciate your comments. Please 
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