Gold Rutilated Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Malachite translucent stone

translucent stone

Tiger Eye is a macrocrystalline Quartz stone with bands of rich golds and browns

The holes in these beads are straight

Mined in Australia

Beryl is generally clear

Gold Rutilated Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Stone Type_Malachite translucent stoneRutilated 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,