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2. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz crystal demonstrating transparency. Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal or clear quartz, is colorless and transparent or translucent and has often been used for hardstone carvings, such as the Lothair Crystal. Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. [33]

3. Asterism (gemology) - Wikipedia

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   Asterism is generated by reflections of light from twin-lamellae or from extremely fine needle-shaped acicular inclusions within the stone's crystal structure. [1] A common cause is oriented sub-microscopic crystals of rutile within the gem mineral. It occurs in rubies, sapphires, garnet, diopside, and spinel when a cabochon is cut from a ...

4. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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   Rose quartz (var.) Rock crystal (var.) Shocked quartz (var.) Smoky quartz (var.) Quartzite; ... Metal-coated crystals hyped as rainbow quartz; Lab spinel; Synthetic ...

5. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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   Types of synthetic quartz include citrine, rose quartz, and amethyst. Natural occurring quartz is not rare, but is nevertheless synthetically produced as it has practical application outside of aesthetic purposes. Quartz generates an electric current when under pressure and is used in watches, clocks, and oscillators. [62]

6. Desert rose (crystal) - Wikipedia

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   A desert rose is an intricate rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte, which include abundant sand grains. [1] The "petals" are crystals flattened on the c axis, fanning open in radiating clusters. The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, [1] such as the evaporation of a ...

7. Spatika Lingam - Wikipedia

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   High quality quartz crystals are single-crystal silica with optical or electronic properties that make them suitable for hardstone carvings. The Hindu temples in South India use this semi-precious mineral for making Shiva Lingams. Sphatikam beads are made from translucent rose quartz are cut and polished as beads.