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rose quartz


English made, Victorian era antique love bracelet featuring faceted rose quartz columnar links with hand chased sterling silver end caps, fastened by a hand chased sterling silver heart padlock clasp
Beautiful Victorian Era rose quartz bracelet
Variety:  Rose
Species:  Quartz
​​Mohs Hardness:  7 out of 10
Color:  Semi-transparent to translucent pink.  Often cloudy and fractured.
RI:  1.544 to 1.553 (very constant)
Birefringence:  0.009
SR/DR/AGG:  DR to AGG (if highly fractured and semi-translucent
Clarity Type:  Type II
Optic Character:  Uniaxial positive.  Might show a bull's eye or Airy's spiral optic figure and Brazil law twinning under crossed polarizing filters.
Pleochroism:  Very weak.  Different tones of body color
Spectrum:  Not diagnostic
Fluorescence:  Inert to weak purple under SW
SG:  2.66 (+0.03 / -0.02)
Routine Treatments:  None
Additional Enhancements:  Irradiation

rose quartz facts

Faceted rose quartz bead necklace
Rose quartz bead necklace

​Rose quartz is the pink variety of quartz.​

Rose quartz beads dating back to 7000 BC were found in the area once known as Mesopotamia (today's Iraq).

Rose quartz is the 5th wedding anniversary gemstone.


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Rose Quartz Gallery

All photos courtesy of Scott Papper, GIA GG, AJP, CMA (NAJA)
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