Natural stones vary. Your strand will match these photos in colour and size range, not bead for bead. Photographed under daylight-balanced light with no colour correction.
Yellow Quartz 9x15mm Faceted Pyramid
Specifications
| SKU | GS131 |
|---|---|
| Stone | Crystal quartz and golden rutilated quartz |
| Shape | Pyramid |
| Bead size | 9x15mm |
| Cut | Faceted |
| Color | — |
| Weight | On request |
| Hardness (Mohs) | 7 |
| Origin | Cut in Jaipur, India |
| Availability | In stock |
Yellow quartz relates to the fire element due to its color. These yellow crystals are more transparent, milky opaque and more often found in clusters. It contains silicate minerals and is durable stones as it has a hardness score of 7 on the Mohs scale. Also, due to unique appearance, yellow quartz is a widely used gemstone in jewelry making like earrings, rings, chains, bracelets, etc. Additionally, it raises the metal level energy to the highest level, brings positive vibes, breaks the negative barriers of the body, etc.
What it makes
Pyramids are used for pendants, spike necklaces, earrings. Measured base by height, e.g. 9x15mm; usually drilled drilled across the base. More about pyramids.
Clear stone, gold needles, cold in the hand.
On a strand, clear quartz looks like water that has been cut and held still. Each faceted bead throws small white sparks, and the drill hole shows as a bright line through the middle. Rutilated quartz is the same clear stone with fine gold needles running through it, some in loose parallel bundles, some crossing at angles. Turn a bead and the needles catch light one at a time. Pick one up and it stays cold in your palm. Glass warms.
Rutilated quartz has been called Venus' Hair Stone, after the fine gold threads suspended in the clear body. That name has traveled with the stone for a long time, and the inclusions are what people talk about first: the same needles a cutter would remove from another gem are the reason this one gets picked up. In crystal tradition, rock crystal is given the title "master healer." It is a folk name, offered here as tradition and nothing more. People have long kept clear quartz close, and the old names stayed attached to it as it passed from hand to hand.
Beliefs about stones are tradition, not advice. Read the full story.
Colorless quartz (rock crystal), Mohs 7; rutilated quartz is rock crystal shot through with golden rutile (titanium dioxide) needles. Rock crystal: Brazil, Madagascar, India; golden rutilated: nearly all Brazilian. "Herkimer diamond" properly means double-terminated quartz from Herkimer County, New York; anything else is "Herkimer-style".
Everyday durable. Warm soapy water; ultrasonic fine. Surface-reaching rutile can chip at drill holes.
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