Earthy, artful and sophisticated, these pear-shaped rutile quartz dangle separately from 14K Gold-fill wire. These rutilated quartz have fully translucent bodies with well defined rutile needles and are unheated/untreated.
Rutilated quartz is one of the most desirable minerals and this piece has particularly fine gold colored rutile inclusions. No two rutilated quartz are the same and these definitely stands out among the rest.
— Earring Length: 1.75 in
— Drop Length: 1.75 in
— Rutilated Quartz stones: 14 x 10.1 x 4mm; 14.8 x 9.6 x 5mm
Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which gets its unique shattered look from golden acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile which create a metallic appearance. These inclusions mostly look golden (as in this piece), but they also can look silver, copper red or deep black. While otherwise inclusions often reduce the value of a crystal, rutilated quartz in fact is valued for the quality and beauty of these inclusions.