Dentrite

Traces of moisture and iron or manganese were trapped inside quartz, which produced stains resembling trees or branches called dendrites. The word Dendrite comes from the Greek word “dendron” meaning tree. Hence the name Dendritic or Dendrite Quartz.

The stains are found in microscopic fissures that cause them to branch out like tree limbs or fern like inclusions. Quartz can have inclusions of other minerals also, including, chrysocolla, azurite, malachite, chlorite or goethite.