Quartz - Rock crystal: This colorless quartz is also known as "rock crystal

Quartz: Quartz is incredible The variety / range a family that includes many types of gems such as amethyst ranging in color from red to violet purple, citrine that goes from yellow to orange, which as its name emetine suggests combining the color of amethyst and that of citrine, rose quartz, which can range from transparent to translucent and is reminiscent of the powder pink, onyx to be presented below, the agates that show ornamental designs, the chrysoprase in color apple green, with superb retile quartz inclusions, drusy quartz surface covered with very small shiny crystals, etc ....

On a relatively more affordable, quartz often replaces more expensive gems such as diamonds. It has, however, a value as such.

Rock crystal

This colorless quartz is also known as "rock crystal". The best rock crystal has the clarity and the reflection of water. Jewelry, rock crystal is often engraved.

It is said that the colorless crystals of quartz provide the physical and mental health.

The quartz

The "smoky quartz" also called "smoky topaz" is brown transparent quartz. Of course, it is not a topaz.

The rutile quartz

Quartz, rutile is appreciated for its inclusions. It is as transparent as rock crystal, but it has, in its mass of golden needles very decorative. Some inclusions called "Venus's hair".

Quartz tourmaline

Quartz tourmaline is an unusual variety of quartz containing inclusions of black tourmaline crystals or dark green.

Quartz, tiger's eye

Quartz "tiger eye" contains brown iron which gives it a golden yellow color. Stones "tiger eye" are cabochon cut in the surface, a ray of light that evokes the eye of the tiger.

We find this type of quartz in South Africa, Australia, Myanmar, India and the United States.

Chalcedony:

The "chalcedony" is not a crystal consists of a single crystal, but of microcrystal.

There is a wide variety of chalcedony including cryptocrystalline quartz with patterns.

The agates are many

The bloodstone has red spots on a green background, the moss agate has a plant motifs. Jasper often looks like a painting landscaped. The black onyx is chalcedony quartz which owes its color to an ancient dyeing process still used today. The Carnelian, orange-colored sustained a translucency that makes it possible to make signet or seals. The chalcedony chrysoprase is one of a green apple transfused. On found mainly in Australia. It owes its color to nickel in it.

Information About - Pearl, Moonstone, Quartz

Pearl

The beads are small beads, usually white, created by certain mollusks, primarily oysters. When an object passes irritant inside the shell, the animal reacts by surrounding the object with a layer of calcium carbonate. This mixture is called nacre. The pearl has now rependu and pearls are rarely found in the wild. The aesthetic quality of the pearl depends on the thickness of the shell but also the regularity of crystallization. The beads are used to make jewelry. They owe their iridescent sheen (close to the rainbow in the sky) to the reflection and refraction of translucent layers of nacre. The brightness is particularly fine as the layers are thinner and numerous. Pearls are often white, sometimes tinged with cream or pink, but may be tinted yellow, green, blue, brown or black. Black pearls are very expensive because it is very rare.

  

Moonstone

The Moonstone is an opalescent variety of orthoclase, quite sensitive to shocks, which evokes the moonlight. If the layers are thin enough, they give a nice blue. A reflection in one band can provide a moonstone-eye cat. The large stones of good quality are rare and expensive. The yellow orthoclase is a particular variety of orthoclase champagne color. Is fragile, it is size emerald cut for collectors.

Use: causes lycanthropy.

  

Quartz

It comes either in the form of large colorless crystals, colored or smoked, either in the form of microscopic crystals of translucent appearance. Quartz is known since time immemorial: the patricians are using rock crystal balls to cool their hands in summer: the quartz is indeed an excellent thermal conductor. It is also used for water treatment but also Litho therapy (stress, fatigue, anxiety). In nature, quartz is rarely in the form of single crystals of sufficient quality. The crystals can also contain inclusions, liquid, gaseous or solid. Since it is very common and hard, quartz can be used, like the flint to start a fire the spark produced by the percussion of a steel blade, used to ignite combustible materials such tinder.