Golden Rutilated Quartz 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch 6mm Matte a silicate of calcium and

a silicate of calcium and magnesium -- from western Canada

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

It was popular with the Greeks and Romans

there may not be a more beautiful blue-and-brown combination than that of Terra Agate

Mined in: Sri Lanka

Golden Rutilated Quartz 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch 6mm Matte a silicate of calcium andGolden Rutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle like inclusions of Rutile. These needles usually appear golden, but can also appear silver, red, copper, or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star like formations. Rutile is the mineral name for natural crystals of titanium dioxide, which may contain iron oxide. When the level of iron oxide is high, the inclusions appear more golden or copper, when it is low,