Strawberry Quartz 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch tucson_2024_rare_week_1 banded variety of microcrystalline quartz

banded variety of microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony) known for its vibrant

and this can be confirmed under magnification

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

Sardonyx is sometimes treated to bring out its reddish tones

The soft neutrals of this strand are made from a combo of Spiny Oyster and Melo Shell

Strawberry Quartz 10x16mm Faceted Marquise Bead - 15-16 Inch tucson_2024_rare_week_1 banded variety of microcrystalline quartzStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.