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Rutilated Quartz
Rutilated Quartz lets golden to coppery needles drift through clear quartz, making every view a little different. Each piece of jewelry is handmade in Nashville, Tennessee, turning those fine interior lines into a focal point.
- Color
- Clear to smoky quartz threaded with fine golden, coppery, or reddish needles.
- Family
- Quartz with fine needles of rutile inside; the clear host and its interior threads are two different minerals.
- Wear
- The quartz host is 7 on the Mohs scale; protect the included stone from hard impacts.
- A little history
- Rutilated quartz has also been called flèches d’amour—French for “arrows of love”—in mineralogical writing.
Gemstone characteristics
- Color
- Clear to smoky quartz threaded with fine golden, coppery, or reddish needles.
- Family
- Quartz with fine needles of rutile inside; the clear host and its interior threads are two different minerals.
- Wear
- The quartz host is 7 on the Mohs scale; protect the included stone from hard impacts.
- A little history
- Rutilated quartz has also been called flèches d’amour—French for “arrows of love”—in mineralogical writing.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
Rutilated Quartz jewelry, made by hand in Nashville
Explore Judith Bright’s Rutilated Quartz gemstone jewelry, handcrafted in Nashville, Tennessee. Choose a design that feels like you, and let the gemstone bring its own color and character to the piece.
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