Copper Rutilated Quartz 3mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Origin_Italy often with a mottled appearance

often with a mottled appearance

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

rainbow effect of light refracting off of the air buddles inside of the stone

an opaque silicon dioxide mineral and form of microcrystalline Chalcedony

Copper within the Pectolite creates the beautiful blue and turquoise colors in the stone

Copper Rutilated Quartz 3mm Table Cut Cube Bead - 15-16 Inch Origin_Italy often with a mottled appearanceRutilated 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,