Rose Quartz 9x11-10x14mm Tumble Nugget A Grade - 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.

and this phenomenon is thought to be due to impurities of yttrium or organic matter within the crystal lattice

It is produced by certain molluscs as an inner shell layer

including Aquamarine and Morganite

and rutile

a sodium aluminum silicate and one of the two minerals that are commonly known as “Jade

and even green

occurring with inclusions of white

most natural topaz is colorless

These inclusions are chromite

the others being Diamond

The addition of the rhodium plating not only protects these from oxidation but also highlights the Widmanstätten pattern

” referring to the patterns in the stone looking like broken