Gold plated flat Drusy and some interesting facts

Quartz is the mineral which is found in the crust of the earth. There’re a lot of varieties of Quartz, and some of them are known as gemstones. Quartz is employed in different ways from making electric pars to carved statues. It’s the crystal with triangular prism.

Some very interesting facts about Drusy

• Gold plated flat Drusy is known by different names that depend on its colour mainly.
• The large Quartz is mined from Brazil.
• The Quartz which weighs 90,000 lbs is mined from Brazil.
• The Quartz is 2nd most abundantly found mineral on the planet   earth.
• There’re various uses of Quartz as it may conduct electricity   when under pressure.
• Quartz is sued commonly in the spiritual practices.
• Some people consider Quartz to have magical powers as well as an   ability to enhance the growth in gardens or to allure some good   energy in the house.
• Quartz is generally made of oxygen and silicon.
• Quartz is generally used in making ineternal parts of the   watches.
• Quartz is found so much in abundance that almost each and every   rock has some amount of this       mineral.
• Since Quartz is clear, its many a times used for producing   glass,
• As it has pure Silicon, Quartz is used for making various   computer parts.
• The people from Ireland and some other countries used Quartz for   making stone tools during the        pre-historic times.
• Quartz is many times used in fashion industry significantly for   making jewelry.
• Even though the variations in Quartz are available in different   colors, absolutely pure Quartz is        clear.

Chemical Formula	SiO2
Composition	Silicon dioxide
Hardness	7
Crystal system	Hexagonal
Streak	White
Color	Colorless, purple, white, pink, black and brown. Also green, gray, yellow, orange, red and blue.
Transparent	Transparent-Opaque
Luster	Vitreous
Fracture	Conchoidal
Tenacity	Brittle
Complex tests	Dissolves in hydrofluoric acid
Environment	Quartz occurs in every environment of the mineral
Cleavage	Indiscernible
Rock type	Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic
Specific gravity	2.6 to 2.7
Popularity	1

Gold plated flat Drusy is a significant mineral having various uses. Sand which mainly comprises of the small pebbles of Quartz is the main ingredient for manufacturing glass. Transparent rock crystals has a lot of electronic uses, it’s used as oscillator in watches, radios, pressure gauge, etc. Quartz is even used as abrasive for sand blasting, glass grinding and cutting soft-stones. It’s also important in computer industry as important Silicon semi conductors are made up of Quartz.

Apart from the practical uses Quartz is important for gemstone trades. A lot of varieties of the stone are faceted as Amethyst, gems and Citrine are most well known varieties of gems. Smoky quartz, rose quartz, rock crystals and aventurine are polished or cut into gemstones. The small colourless crystal quartz is worn as pendants as a good luck charm.

Quartz is even quite known amongst collectors. Some collectors specialize their collections significantly on Quartz alone to make it unique.

The origin of beautiful white Opal Drusy

White Opal Drusy is an amorphous type of Hydrous Silica which was once considered to be unlucky. But, this can be attributed just because the gemstone was quite fragile and often chipped and scratched very easily. Since it has a very high amount of water, it is capable of deteriorating in cold and heat. Nonetheless, it’s a very attractive stone and it’s also considered to be lucky for some countries.

There are a lot of varieties of White Opal Drusy and each of the varieties is attractive and beautiful in its own unique way. The stone offers a very rich hue of prismatic shades which flash from the tiny fissures even when it’s cut into cabochons. It’s spangled and translucent with different shades of blue, yellow and red specks.

The most common variant of Opal is off white or a milky shade of blue and it produces the similar kind of effect but to lesser extent because of its opacity.

Another variant of opal that is Fire Opal is the hyacinth red to a honey yellow and displays intense red and orange fire like reflection. This is the only variant which may be faceted since some of the specimens are completely transparent.

Water Opal resembles the Fire Opal but the only difference is that it is completely colourless.

Wooden Opal is because of the replacement of the fossil woods by Hydrous Silica with retention of wood structure. It’s cut with the matrix for additional strength.

The very precious opal, in case held with the light displays a wonderful display of beautiful colours. It’s the most precious of all

Opal needs to be cut thickly because it fragile, for a fine cut, more the gemstone would deteriorate with time. It’s a very good idea to first thoroughly wash opal with water so that all the traces of cosmetics or perspiration are removed from it.

In other words, it is a good source of investment for the meticulous ones, and less for the negligent ones.

Although the extensive fresh deposits have been found recently in Australia from where sufficient amount of opal to visibly inundate the markets may be mined. However, the price of the some still continues to increase.

Most of the opal is mined in Australia except the Fire opal that is found in parts of Mexico.

Technical specifications

• The stone has been rated 5.5 to 6.5 on Moh’s scale of hardness
• The specific gravity of the stone is between 1.98 to 2.20
• The structure of the stone is amorphous
• There is no cleavage in the stone
• The refractive index ranges between 1.44 to 1.46

The stone is used for making earrings, rings, pendants, etc. But, it needs care and needs to be handled careful as it’s fragile. However, the maintenance of Drusy jewels is very easy. It can be done at home itself. You don’t need to go to the jeweller specifically for getting the jewels cleaned.

Drusy- the master healer

Natural Drusy crystal amplifies energy, activates and clears energy. It may be used for amplifying the thoughts as well as energy of the body. Quartz is capable of brining energy to stars in our soul. It has a nature of harmony and it’s also considered to be the gemstone of power.

Quartz may be employed for clearing and activating the energy point of our body. It is perfect for the chakra of the heart and also responds well at the 3rd eye area. The quartz crystals were employed in Lemuria and Atlantis for rejuvenation and for the development of a whole civilisation of wonderful splendour and power. It is also capable of enhancing a flow of good thoughts as well as feelings for love as well as harmony.

Eight faced crystals	The eight face crystals offer conservation of resources and energy. They enhance the process of removal of hurdles in the path of an individual and offer for installation of power further in all the endeavours. They’re also known to of other worldly origination and for bringing the capability of actualisation on all the levels. They’re also known to bring good energy to the life of an individual, for imparting and power of manifestation and for producing a melding of angelic and spiritual realms.
Amethyst quartz	Amethyst quartz helps in melding of cohesiveness of 2 forces of yang/ying which are known for brining the details as well as circumstances for an integrated and comfortable bond. It is the “Stone of love, the gem of healing and blessings.
Ajoite quartz	Ajoite creates a connection between the chakra of the throat and the heart and also facilitates the inner thoughts of a person to come out. This feature offers peace within the emotional-system of an individual and helps the individual in accepting his or her surroundings the way they are. The power of Ajoite is also known for brining peace within one’s inner self irrespective of the mental and physical location of an individual. It stimulates acceptance as well as understanding. It may be used for eliminating hostility and anger, jealousy, abrasiveness, prejudice, etc.
Angel aura quartz	It opens as well as activates the Crown-chakra and also helps a person in channelling his or her desire towards the right goals, helping him or her to adjust and also be comfortable in any situation.
Apophyllite quartz	It helps an individual in connecting to his spirit. It is quite powerful for peaceful, deep stillness and alpha meditation/state recall.
Aqua quartz	Aqua quart works as a protective shield from psychological or psychic attack. An intrusion from the external sources is dissipated quickly by transmutation into purely love energy which may work in the process of healing which causes the attack. It helps a person in finding his or her own space yet again. It is known or bringing wisdom for expressive-communication, enhancing peace and guarding against the negative energies. It is even more protective than the aquamarine crystals because of the gold-inclusion in it.
Arkansas quartz	Arkansas quartz is considered to have high-vibrations and clear energy.
Azure aura quartz	Indigo assists an individual in developing the high senses of hearing, smell and sight. It also helps him or her in expressing the purity of God self asserting the development into a spiritual guru who imparts knowledge, wisdom and love to others. It also helps an individual in controlling the forces of the universe and achieving communion with consciousness.
Barnacle quartz crystals	The crystals are partially or fully covered with tiny crystals. Larger crystals have wisdom as well as trust that allures the tiny crystals. It is used for meditation for offering insights to people. It is also wonderful for the people who are working in the service organisations for helping stimulate the willingness as well as cohesiveness of people to work with each other.
Blue quartz	Blue Quartz which is also known as Dumortierite or the Siberian quartz is the gemstone of expression, peace as well as order which is capable of enhancing the organisational self discipline, abilities, as well as orderliness. This improvement is known to be because of the effect it may have for balancing the Throat-chakra and improving the communication between higher and lower chakra. It brings a sense of managing things, helps in releasing fear.
Bridge crystals	A huge size crystal with small crystal that penetrates and is also locked in and out partially out of large crystal. It also helps in facilitating the bridge between the interior and exterior worlds between ones inner self and the other person. It’s quite significant while working with aspects of advanced meta-physical areas and attempting to distribute the knowledge with other people.
Celestial aura quartz	Celestial aura quartz is developed by bond of Gold and Indium to quartz. It improves intuition and communication.
Channelling quartz crystals	It is recognised mainly by a 7 sided-face which is located in the middle of terminated ends of crystals; the triangle shaped face is situated on the back side of the crystals. It offers for a connection to high wisdom that’s available for the conscious connect to high wisdom that is available from high self and wisdom of the enlightment as well as experience.
Cherry quartz	Cherry quartz has all features of quartz and it is also quite wonderful for Heart Chakra. It is good for curing flu and cold infections. It is wonderful even for burns. It is known to enhance concentration and thus it makes a wonderful choice for students.
Cinnabar quartz	Cinnabar quartz purifies and heals blood. It helps in imparting flexibility and strength to the body, helps in stabilising weight and enhancing fertility. It offers a long-life to the wearer.
Clear quart	Clear Quartz is a universal gemstone. Every person should have a universal stone. It corresponds to each and every zodiac-sign and it is a powerful and pure source of energy. It activates, receives, transmits, stores, amplifies and transmits energy. It stimulates the functions of the brain and activates the consciousness levels. It is wonderful for meditation and brings harmony to the wearer.

Facts, lore and description of turquoise flat druzy

Turquoise flat Drusy quartz is an ornamental gemstone which is highly known for its exclusive and striking colour. It is valued in the ancient American as well as Persian civilisations and is still retaining its fame even today. The turquoise specimens are many times polished or even sliced for the collectors. Some are also dyed.

It is mainly porous and it has got a natural waxy shin. Sometimes it’s also impregnated with the help of a plastic liquid in order to increase its lustre and enhance its stability. A lot of false exist of turquoise.

The most common fake of turquoise Drusy quartz that is prevalent is WhiteHowlite Blue Dyed which resembles a lot to Turquoise druzy.

Turquoise many a times comprises of the embedded lustrous flakes of pyrite or it may even have black veins of Oxide running through it. Sometimes it’s inter grown along with the secondary materials of copper specifically Chrysocolla. It may even form as pseudo morph of minerals like Beryl, Apatite, Feldspars, etc.

Crystal formations and aggregates

The crystal formations as well as aggregates are most often, massive, nodular, botryoidally, concretionary as well as reinform. It may even occur in veins, in masses of cauliflower shape, in round balls and even in stalactitical shape.

The crystals o turquoise are rarely found and are restricted to some particular locations where they’re found in the form of minute crystals within the thin rosettes and crusts.

They are opaque and may even be translucent in the thinner sections.

Varieties

The varieties of this druzy include:

1.    Eilat stones

It’s a greenish blue blend of Turquoise, Chrysocolla and some minerals of copper like malachite from mines of copper near Eilat-Israel.

2.    Kingdom- Turquoise

Turquoise from Mineral park mines situated near the Kingman in Arizona is popular for its beautiful shade.

Turquoise is a significant gemstone. The bright shade it has has made it popular throughout various civilizations and now it is one of the most important but affordable gemstones. It is usually in the form of beads or cabochons. However, it might even be ornamental carvings of flowers and animals. The specimens of turquoise Drusy are even famous amongst minerals’ collectors and crystallized variety from Virginia is highly valuable as well as desirable.

Chemical formula	CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 • 4H2O
Colour	Turquoise blue, bluish green, sky blue, apple green
Streak	White
Specific gravity	2.5 to 2.8
Hardness	5 to 6
Lustre	Dull and Waxy
Crystal system	Triclinic
Cleavage	None
Tenacity	Brittle
Fracture	Conchoidal
In group	Phosphates
Striking feature	Hardness and colour
Rock type	Metamorphic and sedimentary
Environment	As a substitute to the hydrothermal deposits generally in the arid copper bearing regions

Noteworthy locations

Even though turquoise is available all throughout the world, a vast chunk of Turquoise originates in South-West US. The most significant as well as classic locality of the gemstone is Nishapur in Iran. Here it is being mined from the time of Ancient Persians. The other historic locations of Turquoise include Serabit-el-Khadim in Sinai Peninsula, Eilat, Egypt and Israel where it’s mainly related with Chrysocolla and is known as the Eilat Stone. Mexico also has various significant locations of turquoise.

Turquoise which has a beautiful color and is of good quality is quite popular at Kinsman in Arizona where the rarely found small crystals are also found in the druzy habit. Other significant deposits of turquoise include Globe Miami district, Copper cities mine, Mexico, Gila and Co., etc. However the most perfect and apparent Turquoise crystals occur in the form of prominent micro crystals which are imported from Lynch Station in Virginia.