It never ceases to amaze me how truly radiant and lustrous fine quartz crystals really are. Have a quick look at this short video of a superb Brandberg Quartz crystal. If you want to follow the link in the title of the video to see a full description of the crystal and a bunch more [...]
Quartz Crystals and Diamonds
Posted by admin in January 25th 2009
Look carefully at a collection of fine quartz crystals. Could you mistake them for diamonds? Obviously not, but there are some similarities, and I’m not talking of intrinsic value, of course! Like diamonds, quartz crystals are much harder than glass, like diamonds they have natural flaws, or inclusions, and like diamonds they come in a [...]
Quartz Crystals Make Magic Pendants
Posted by admin in January 20th 2009
Quartz crystals from Brandberg mounted as Pendants
Quartz crystals have long been a great favorite with mineral collectors. Shelves lined with a wide range of different varieties are to be seen in many a fine collection, but nowadays they are also appearing in another guise: natural crystal jewelry.
While artists and jewelers have often used polished stones [...]
Namibia and its Famous Brandberg Quartz Crystals
Posted by admin in January 5th 2009
The country of Namibia on the South Western coast of Africa is a land of extremes. Large tracts of it are an arid semi-desert vastness, but it is the source of some of the greatest mineral wealth in the world The southern coastal stretches of the country, where the icy cold South Atlantic ocean [...]
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Phantoms of the non-ghostly variety!
Posted by admin in January 4th 2009
Some of the most sought after and exotic features of fine quartz crystals are phantoms. These are colored areas within the crystal which ‘mimic’ the shape of the outline, giving the effect of a ‘phantom’ crystal within the crystal. On occasion these chevron shaped areas repeat themselves at intervals along the length of the crystal. [...]
Welcome to Quartz-Crystals.com
Posted by admin in December 9th 2008
Welcome everyone. This site will soon be loaded with articles & images, podcasts and ultimately video coverage of the beautiful world that is Quartz crystals.
Look forward to being with you very soon!
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Quartz crystals with their beautiful and fascinating natural
facets and formations, have piqued the interest and admiration of people since
the earliest of times. The wonderful natural, sharp, pointed terminations
which quartz crystals display together with their amazing vitreous glossy
luster and sheen has never ceased to fascinate. Exotic surface etchings and
striations, complicated internal chambers and windows, and even mysterious
moving bubbles, or enhydros, are but a few of the features that aficionados
seek when evaluating choice quartz crystals for their collections. Quartz-crystals.com
is a place where crystal lovers can come to find new exciting information,
images, descriptions, news and availability of choice specimens to admire,
examine and collect! Welcome and please join us in our love for these beautiful
and fascinating jewel-like natural beauties.