More than ten years ago, crystals was not as diverse as it is now. It was relatively simple. Nowadays, the world is different from before, especially with the introduction of many mixed-mineral crystals, such as the popular Super Seven.

When I first heard this mineral name, I immediately did some research and found that the definition of Super Seven in Asia is slightly different from that in other countries. When you Google search for “Super Seven crystal,” most of the results will show pictures of Aurora 23 or a type of crystal called Amethyst Smoky Quartz.

According to some professional articles, Super Seven refers to a crystal composed of seven natural minerals, including Amethyst, Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Cacoxenite, Rutile, Goethite, and Lepidocrocite. Strictly speaking, a crystal cannot be called Super Seven if it does not contain more than three minerals.

超七之迷思

十多年前玩水晶並沒有現在多樣化，是比較簡單一點，現在這個世界已經跟從前不一樣了，由其是多了很多混合礦物的水晶，好像是很熱賣超級七，當我第一次聽到時這礦物名稱，第一時間是做Research，發現了超七在亞州區的定義跟外國好像有點不同，當你在Google 搜尋Keywords “Super Seven cyrstal” 時，大部份只會出現極光23或一種叫做Amethyst Smoky Quartz 的圖片，觀乎外國文章中所講述超級七是範指一種晶石由七種天然礦物組成，包括紫水晶，白水晶，茶晶，鈣錳礦，金紅石，針鐵礦和纖鐵礦（Amethyst, Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Cacoxenite, Rutile, Goethite and Lepidocrocite and embodies）。所以嚴格來說，沒包含三至七種礦物都不能稱為超七。在亞洲區一有”超七”這名稱便可以提高價值，所以有不少商家都胡亂將一些有髮的晶體便稱作 “什麼顏色的超七”，簡單而言，你沒看到有三至七種礦物在一起，最多只能說是某種色系之髮/針鐵礦/纖鐵礦而已。

*圖： 超級七原石