Rose Quartz Dyed 6mm Tear Drop Faceted - 15-16 InchRose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a soft pale pink to rose red hue, thought to be derived from trace amounts of titanium, iron or manganese impurities within the stone. Considered by ancient Egyptians and Romans to have powers of beautification and wrinkle protection, Rose Quartz facial masks have been recovered from Egyptian tombs.

It was used in the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Viking explorers used thin pieces of Iolite as the world’s first polarizing lens to help them determine the exact location of the sun for navigation

frequently complemented by tans

white and occasionally gray or brown

and considered a symbol of eternal life by the Egyptians as well as being a favorite jewel of Cleopatra

which receive their color from trace amounts of chromium

Petrified wood is created through a process called permineralization

and therefore contains unsealed granite

The name "heliodor" is derived from two Greek words: helios "sun

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

These druzy collars are part of a hand-picked collection unlike anything we'd seen available before

Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to like inclusions of Rutile