Gold Rutilated Quartz 2mm Faceted Cube - 15-16 InchRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to 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 to 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,

which has earned it the nickname Merlin stone

Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone

siderophyllite

The design options are absolutely endless with these beautiful beads

second only to Quartz

the same gemologist that discovered Kunzite

Topaz is found in many locations worldwide where rocks like pegmatite and rhyolite are formed

this color forms black

Petrified Wood Agate is formed from the petrifaction process of primeval trees over the course of many years

Black Tourmaline is a black crystalline aluminum borosilicate mineral with occasional light gray inclusions that appear as flecks or veins

Opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica

with inclusions of white to colorless translucent or transparent