CHAPTER 7FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/FOURTH-ORDER COLORSPicture #534-inch-wide Madagascar Quartz BallThe color palette of a crystal rainbow is determined by the width of a crack or fissure.A “crack” is a break, suddenly induced, like a conchoidal fracture from a shock.A “fissure” is a slow-moving gap that grows and crystallizes along with the quartz around it.I call this an “atomic […]