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If
you gaze deep into a crystal ball, you will see a
versatile gemstone, one of the most popular gems
on earth. Beautiful quartz, the 'rock crystal'
used in ancient times to make crystal balls and
bowls, is today more often seen set in gold
jewellery. Despite the popularity of quartz gems
like amethyst, citrine, ametrine, rose quartz,
onyx, agates, chrysoprase, rutilated quartz and
other varieties, many people in the jewellery
industry take quartz for granted because of its
affordable price.
While most varieties of transparent quartz are
valued most when they show no inclusions, some are
valued chiefly because of them! The most popular
of these is known as rutilated quartz. Rutilated
quartz is transparent rock |
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