Rose Quartz 8x16-10x24mm Jagged Rough Collar - 15-16 InchRose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a soft pale pink to rose red hue, thought to be derived from trace amounts of titanium, iron or manganese impurities within the stone. Considered by ancient Egyptians and Romans to have powers of beautification and wrinkle protection, Rose Quartz facial masks have been recovered from Egyptian tombs.

From Brazil

They come from far-away

and has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period

Item Type: Specimen

soft and fragile

Lepidolite has a glassy or lustrous sheen

glass is melted in a furnace and then combined with a coloring agent to produce the swirling inclusions of pink within the clear material

metamorphic

Ocean Jasper is believed to be linked to the lost city of Atlantis and to hold mystic knowledge

and turquoise is a leftover mineral from these practices

near the Kennedy Ranges of Australia

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times