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	Type: Quartz with Cacoxenite Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Brasil Price: $20-$100 per stone This is a fairly rare material that mined several years ago. Like many gemstones, the mine is reportedly closed now. The golden sheaths and sprays of cacoxenite contrast against a backdrop of purple amethyst and yellow citrine. Many of the pieces have small internally healed fractures. When rotated, these display a neat rainbow effect. (Return to Top)

	Type: Dendretic Quartz Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Brasil Price: $20-$100 per stone Quartz is one of the most abundant rock forming mineral with a chemical composition of SiO2. Dendretic inclusions form when small traces of Manganese (Mn) impurities and other minerals such as Achinolite, Cacoxenite, Edenite, Epidote, Graphite, Goethite, Lodalite and Limonite are trapped within the Quartz. Each piece is a natural abstract work of art. Tree and plant-like patterns. Eyes. Plants floating in space. Just use your imagination! Matched pairs and suites available. (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Gilaite Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Sao Jose da Batalha, Paraiba, Brasil Price: $25-$200 per stone Medusa Quartz (Gilaite) was only discovered in 2004 and is one of the most sought after forms of quartz with Inclusions. While some sources believe the blue inclusions are Paraiba Tourmaline, the mineral is actually Gilaite. These bright blue orbs appear to float in the clear quartz. (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Rutile Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Bahia, Brasil Price: $25-$300 per stone Many people erroneously mistaken gold colored rutile for gold itself. Yet Quartz with Rutile is available with strands of silver and red also in addition to gold. One of the most popular and well known forms of Quartz with inclusions. (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Rutile backed with Lapis Lazuli Enhancement: Doublet Origin: Brasil & Afghanistan Price: $50-$500 per stone Ready for something different? Combining Gold Rutile Quartz with Lapis Lazuli creates a unique and very rich look. Each piece is an original work of art. Matched pairs and suites available. (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Rutile Stars Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Bahia, Brasil Price: $50-$500 per stone One of the most desirable pieces of quartz is the Gold Star Rutile. The Brasilian miners (Garimpeiros) estimate for every two tons or nearly 5,000,000 carats of rutile quartz, there is one Gold Star Rutile. This makes Gold Star Rutile more rare than diamonds. Rutile itself is composed of titanium dioxide (TiO2). (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with graphite Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Brasil Price: $20-$100 per stone The tiny needle-like inclusions of graphite create a variety of abstract scenes. Each gemstone required several million years to create and can not be reproduced. Quartz with inclusions such as this are guaranteed to be natural. (Return to Top)

	Type: Conchonita (Super Seven) Quartz Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Espirito Santo, Brasil Price: $20-$150 per stone Over the years we have watched Quartz (Moh's scale 7) increase in popularity. With affordable prices and many unique one of a kind natural gemstones, fine Brazilian Quartz offers something special for everyone. Red Lepidocrocite and black Cacoxenite inclusions are mixed with Rutile, purple Amethyst and Smoky Quartz in each piece of Multi-color Quartz. (Return to Top)

	Type: Negative Crystal Quartz Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Espirito Santo, Brasil Price: $30-$150 per stone Negative Crystal Quartz occurs when the growth of the crystal is completely blocked. The resulting void is completely surrounded by a second crystal growing around it. The "negative" crystal inclusion appears solid yet is actually completely empty. (Return to Top)

	Type: Pinwheel Quartz Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Bahia, Brasil Price: $30-$150 per stone In order to cut a piece like this the lapideros (lapidary) shops need to find a single rutile inclusion growing along the correct axis of the quartz crystal. To make it even more difficult, most quartz is not crystal clear. There are usually veils, inclusions, growth lines and other imperfections. View these gemstones form the top and see the wonderful almost kaleidoscope pinwheel. View the gemstones form the side and the pinwheel disappears and you can see the rutile!! (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Pyrite Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Bahia, Brasil Price: $15-$150 per stone Brasil is world famous for the Quartz deposits. Pyrite (and Marcasite) are secondary minerals in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock formations. While Pyrite and Marcasite are chemically identical (FeS2), Pyrite is the more commonly known mineral. It is often known as "Fool's Gold" due to the brassy, gold-like color. (Return to Top)

	Type: Strawberry Quartz Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Bahia, Brasil Price: $15-$150 per stone Quartz with Lepidocrocite is also known as Strawberry Quartz. The fine distinctive bright red Inclusions give this type of quartz a very special appearance. There is not another type of gemstone with fine red needles like this. Quartz is the second most abundant rock forming mineral with a chemical formula of SiO2 . Lepidocrocite is a secondary mineral hydroxide with the chemical formula Fe3+O(OH). (Return to Top)

	Type: Quartz with Tourmaline Enhancement: None - 100% natural Origin: Brasil Price: $25-$150 per stone These cute gemstones combine two favorite minerals - Quartz and Tourmaline - and are available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. The distribution of the crystals ranges from single pieces to multiple arrangements and from green Tourmaline to watermelon Tourmaline. (Return to Top)

Conversion Information

100 points = 1 carat, 5 carats = 1 gram, 28 grams = 1 ounce, 16 ounces = 1 pound

25.4 mm = 1"

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