Young Quartz.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 52, 31 May 1884, Page 5

Young Quartz.

It is a generally accepted theory that quartz, sandstone, and slate are geological formations which require thousands of years to form. A few days ago, in Virginia Citv, Conductor Havener showed the editor of the " Appeal " a specimen of quartz which never could have existed over fifteen years ago. The quartz in question was taken out of the Yellow Jacket mine, from between the timbers. The timbers were put in fifteen years ago, and the matter forming the quartz had apparently oozed through a crack and adhered to the timber. It was about the size and had the appearance of a cauliflower. There was a mass rather soft and crumbling to the touch, and in places woven together like threads ; and in this mass, and a part of it, were three distinct and perfectly formed quartz crystals. The mass had been pushed through the crack while in a plastic state, and then formed in the bunch described. The specimen in the possession of Mr Havenor shows where it adhered to the timber. He also has a piece of sandstone taken from the creek at Stevens's Mill, near Dayton. The mill was built twelve years ago, and a portion of a wooden stake driven into the ground at the time is solidly imbedded in the sandstone, which is as firm and hard as any sandstone of the old sandstone period. There is a rusty nail in the wedge.— From the "Carson Appeal." _____________