What is Sagenite? Sagenite is the name given to a formation, rather than a single mineral. This is what Melody says: “Sagenite is the name given to complex reticulated, twinned intergrowths of acicular Rutile crystals (or vacant structures showing the same morphology); the Rutile crystals intersect at 60-degree angles.” Love Is in the Earth, p. 707
This all sounds very, very complicated, right? Well, it is actually easy to recognize the Sagenite formation, because it forms a Star of David pattern, that repeats and overlaps, forming a mesh, or net. In fact, the word “‘Sagenite’ is from the Latin word meaning ‘large fishing net.’” Melody, p. 707. There is actually quite a long list of minerals that can form into Sagenite. The best known are: Rutile, Tourmaline, Epidote and Goethite.
Let’s rather move on to the amazing power of Sagenite, and to introduce that I think I should tell the story of the Sagenite included Quartz. That Tucson show, I was accompanied by my assistant Lauren, and my son, Aidan. This was significant, because I would never have bought that crystal without outside encouragement.
We entered the room of a high-end dealer, and were immediately struck by this one particular specimen. My son Aidan, who had a fine eye, and later became an artist, took one look at it, recognized something special and said, in a Mr. Bean voice: “Buy it.” The price on this spectacular crystal was far beyond any amount I had spent on a crystal before, and represented 20% of my entire budget. Aidan was insistent – he stood at my shoulder, and kept repeating: “Buy it. Buy it. Buy it,” in my ear. All this in a Mr. Bean voice, of course.
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