Vintage Rutilated Chocolate Quartz Pendant, Sterling Silver 925 Rope Chain

Vintage Rare Silver Chocolate Quartz Pendant with Decorative Border
& pretty Silver 925 Rope Chain.

Rutilated Chocolate Quartz, is a very special crystal & quite a rare. This truly captivating specimen possesses numerous remarkable features. The most unusual of which is multiple parallel striations, so close together as to cause a cat's eye effect on the surface of this beautiful Chocolate Quartz crystal. Chatoyancy in gemstones is almost always caused by internal inclusions of Rutile, so for this same phenomenon to arise from the particulars of the crystal formation of transparent material is very interesting. Rutile is a major ore of titanium, which is a metal used for high tech alloys. It often forms needle-like crystal inclusions inside quartz. This form of quartz is known as rutilated quartz and it looks like small bars of imbedded gold.

Spiritual Meaning: It is a grounding stone that provides a very effective protective energy.

Both Pendant & Chain have Silver stamps.

Measurements:
Pendant including bale 3.2cm x 2.cm
Chain 46.cm

Weight 8.9gm

Conditiion: very good.

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