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Pietersite Cabochons |
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Pietersite was discovered by Sid Pieters in 1962 in Namibia, Africa. Currently China and Africa are the only known sources of Pietersite. Pietersite has brecciated, fibrous bands of blue, gold and red tiger eye type fibers in quartz. The fibers in Pietersite were folded, fractured and split, later reformed and naturally cemented together with quartz by geological processes. Pietersite has the chatoyancy of tiger eye with a chaotic pattern of colors. Click on image for details |
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Quartz Cabochons |
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Quartz is the most abundant mineral on Earth. The ideal crystal shape of quartz is a six sided prism with a pyramid at each end. In nature the crystals are often grown together and appear in a mass losing their crystal form. Pure quartz is clear. Colored varieties include rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, and others. The most important distinction between types of quartz is that of crystal structures visible to the unaided eye and those visible only under high magnification. Chalcedony is a generic term for cryptocrystalline quartz which is one of the later types. Click on image for details |
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