Gold Rutilated Quartz 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Varries It has been mistaken for

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times

Calcite is the principal constituent of limestone and marble

" The "gift from the sun

Lepidolite has a glassy or lustrous sheen

a phenomenon that occurs when light hits the chips of silica inside the gemstone and a rainbow of different colors refract inside the stone

Gold Rutilated Quartz 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Varries It has been mistaken forRutilated 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,