Red Rutilated Quartz 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch R1397 stalactites

stalactites

manganese and other metallic oxides captured during the forming of the rock

and patterns

When the abalone shell is struck

Red Rutilated Quartz 7x9-8x10mm Pebble - 15-16-Inch R1397 stalactitesRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle 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 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, they