Description
RUTILATED QUARTZ CABOCHON
This is the transparent rutilated quartz cabochon with golden rutile. Dimensions: 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.4″ (3.1 x 2 x 1cm). Weight – 0.3oz (7.5 grams). Origin: Russia, Siberia.
Some information about rutilated quartz:
Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly look golden, but they also can appear silver, copper red or black.
The inclusions may distributed randomly or in bundles, which sometimes arranged star-like, and they can be sparse or dense enough to make the quartz body nearly opaque.
While otherwise inclusions often reduce the value of a crystal, rutilated quartz valued for the quality of these inclusions (More information about rutilated quartz).
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