Sterling Silver Earrings with Quartz BD0122

Quartz & rose quartz are the most common minerals, making up almost 12% of the Earth’s crust It is also known as silicon dioxide and is encountered in sedimentary and volcanic rocks. When found at high temperature during the last phase of its precipitation, quartz crystallizes within only a few months. It is mined in Brazil, Japan, America and Switzerland.

Smoky Quartz is a transparent variety of quartz in dark brown-grey colour, smoky we could say since that is where it got its name. Its colour is due to free silicon ions, created by exposure to radiation. It is usually mined in Brazil, the United States, and Switzerland. The very dark-colored grade of capnia is called morion.