http://www.quartz-crystals.com welcome to the beautiful world of Quartz crystals Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:23:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2009/03/quartz-crystals-are-amazing/ 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 ... http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2009/01/quartz-crystals-and-diamonds/ Quartz crystals from Brandberg mounted as Pendants [gallery] 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 ... http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2009/01/quartz-crystals-make-magic-pendants/ 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 ... http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2009/01/namibia-and-its-famous-brandberg-quartz-crystals/ 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 ... http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2009/01/phantoms-of-the-non-ghostly-variety/ 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! http://www.quartz-crystals.com/2008/12/hello-world/