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maybe they were praying to the quartz to bear more gold? Gold is pritty much only found in quartz veins. Also some quartz contains copper too.

I'm actually kind of intrigued by Fourwind's comment below. In the hills around where I live every second site has a big quartz boulder beside it and from a distance, in daylight, the whiteness is quite visible against the landscape whereas the grey sandstones merge in. I'm just wondering about the effect of an illumination of these stones at night.
Good topic and welcome 12pointer.