Aimee Fuller Studios

 CAFE LATTE QUARTZ - BEAUTIFUL INCLUSIONS 

 PRISTINE FACETED GUMBALL NECKLACE

Description

 We present in this auction these AUTHENTIC QUARTZ GEMS -- in FACETED gumball form teamed with Czech glass and loads of intricate Bali silver. 

ABOUT QUARTZ:  Quartz is the most common mineral in the continental crust, and the one with the simplest chemical formula: silicon dioxide or SiO2. Quartz is so common in crustal rocks that it's more notable when quartz is missing than when it's present. Quartz is an old German word that originally meant something like hard or tough.

ALSO available--MATCHING EARRINGS

 

Special Quartz Varieties

The pretty crystals and vivid colors you'll see in jewelry and in rock shops are scarce. Here are some of those precious varieties:

  • Clear, colorless quartz is called rock crystal. 

  • Yellow quartz is called citrine. Its color is due to iron impurities.

  • Green quartz is called prasiolite. Iron impurities account for its color, too.

  • Gray quartz is called smoky quartz. Its color is due to "holes" of missing electrons in combination with aluminum impurities.

  • Brown smoky quartz is called cairngorm and black smoky quartz is called morion.

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