Cleaning your Drusy jewelry

A Flat Drusy stone is a gemstone having its surfaces covered with thousands of small crystals. Drusy quartz is the most common type of Drusy gemstone and its ‘Earthy tones as well as pastel shades are coveted highly. Druzy Quartz is much more durable as compared to other Druzy gems as Quartz is a very tough substance. Quartz might be cleaned with the help of mechanical equipments or strong and thick chemical solutions. Most common substances which are removed from Quartz are tough white coatings of minerals as well as stains of iron.

Extra care need to be taken for cleaning druzy for preventing its small crystals from breaking down.

Instructions for cleaning your Druzy

1.    Clean the small crystals which are found on the surface of the Druzy Quartz with a dish wash detergent which does not has any fragrance, a soft bristles brush and water. If coatings or stains are found on their parts of the Quartz, then follow the below steps for cleaning other parts of the gemstone.

2.    With the help of a spot cleaning gun, that cleans with a spray of high pressure water, for cleaning the surface of the Quartz. In case the surface of the Quartz is still not clean, then use a tough mechanical cleansing technique.

3.    Take an air-abrasive tool that blasts streams of high-pressure air with the abrasive material which act as scouring-powder. For Quartz, small beads of glass are the best since the materials as they’re softer as compared to quartz. You should never use a crushed piece of glass, Quartz sand, Garnet sand, etc as that would damage the quartz. Use eighty pounds pressure for starting the process of cleaning the Drusy.

4.    Take an air- scribe that is small, hand held jack hammer which employs air-pressure for cleaning. An air-scribe is of the size of a very thick pen or a marker.

5.    Remove the stains of iron from the Quartz with the help of chemicals, in case you don’t have an access to the mechanical tools of cleaning. The stains of iron are caused by minerals’ hematite as well as goethite and might be eradicated by soaking it in a mixture of Sodium Dithionate, Oxalic Acid, or Hydrochloric Acid.

Tips and Warnings for cleaning your Drusy

•    In case your Druzy Quartz has been set in items of jewelry then just clean as per the step one mentioned above. In case your Drusy Quartz is in its most natural form then just follow other steps for cleaning the remaining part of the stone.

•    Drusy Quartz may be used in earrings and pendants, but not bracelets or rings due to a risk of damage to the small crystals.

•    Try to use the solution of Sodium Dithionate, which is also called "Iron Out" before trying other acidic solutions. The oxalic acids as well as the hydrochloric acids are poisonous as well as corrosive. You should first research about the proper usage as well as disposal of all these acidic solutions, and the safety processes for using the acids.

History of Drusy Quartz

No one has been able to tell about the exact origin of the term “Quartz”. But the discussions have led to two opinions which have been unanimously accepted. These are that the word “Quartz” has been derived from Greek word “Krystallos” which means ice.

The primitive equipment belonging to the earliest times which were developed by humans around 2.4 million years ago and found in the valley of Omo in Ethiopia used to be made up of quartz. It’s often believed that quartz was employed due to its toughness as well as brittleness which made the development of the tools easy relatively.

The chipped flint points which were employed for making fire were found on the sites of Mousterian in Western Europe which dates back approximately 40k years.

Recently there has been some major development of synthetic Drusy Quartz during the World-War-II. This quartz was employed for supplying the crystals for making radios.

Now, quartz is not just used as gemstone, but it is also used as raw chemicals for manufacturing cements, abrasives, concrete, glass, porcelain as well as other industrial substances.

Due to its pyroelectric as well as piezoelectric properties, it is used commonly for producing clocks, watches, radios as well as computers.

Drusy Quartz is considered to energise as well as stabilize the body as well as aura enhancing creativity.

Availability of Drusy quartz

Quartz is the most abundantly found mineral. It comprises of approximately 12% of earth’s crust. It occurs in different metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous rocks. The most abundantly found Drusy is Quartz. High quality Drusy is very rarely found. Especially the non quartz species were even more rarely found.


Sources for Drusy quartz

Drusy occurs within the interiors of the geodes of quartz.

Evaluation of Drusy quartz

Drusy quartz has been rated 7 on the Moh’s scale of hardness. It is perfect for making brooches, pendants as well as earrings. But it is not suitable for making bracelets or rings due to the concern of quartz being detached.

Drusy is a stone which has a natural texture of surface just like fine crystals of sugar which are formed on the quartz by the process of micros crystalline facets several thousand years ago.

Drusy crystals weren’t noticed in the jewelery industry till recently when they started appearing in the work of carvers as well as jewellery designers. Its appeal has now started growing as it depicts multitude crystals with a reflection on the surface which looks like snow or sugar.

The evenness as well as the size of the crystals’ coverage is significant value-factors while determining the worth as well as quality of Drusy items.

Common cuts

The cut and shape of  Drusy depends mainly on the variety of quartz which it has formed on.

Routine enhancements
Drusy quartz is dyed often for enhancing its overall beauty as well as appearance. Additionally, some of the varieties are even given a coating of titanium. This creates a beautiful iridescent finish. It looks sparkling and a beautiful stone.

Features of Drusy Quartz which attract people towards it

Druzy is basically the sparkling effect on the small crystals which are found on the top of a colourful mineral. It looks amazingly beautiful when it is used for making jewels.

One of the biggest features of Drusy gemstone is that it is not at all expensive like other high profile gemstones. Still, it has a wonderful sparkle and an amazing colour and it may be cut into different shapes very easily without any hassles.

The Drusy Quartz gemstone grows slowly over several uncountable years and is found as the final lawyer of the growth on the agate or some other base which is colourful. It does not refer to Quartz always. Druzy is any mineral which is found in a plate like structure like calcite, garnets, malachite and dolomite.

The most common colours of Drusy which occur naturally are:

•    Yellow
•    White
•    Brown
•    Orange
•    Red

The Drusy beads look the best as centrepieces in pendants. While they may look delicate and sparkling, they are quite durable.

Meaning of Drusy

It’s referred to as the stone of self exploration as well as patience. Its cousins are Rainbow pyrite, Drusy quartz and Azurite

Main features of Drusy Quartz

Drusy cabochons for sale are actually made of a lot of small crystals and have a very soft and velvety appearance. It may be large or medium sized crystals formed. The crystals which are treated with colour are sometimes also coated with a layer of platinum, gold, titanium or sterling-silver. When a layer of titanium if put on Drusy, it adds purple, cobalt and various other colours of the rainbow.

Agates are very easy to be dyed. Thus, different colours of backgrounds for drusy can be formed.

Drusy or Druzy agate tends to be quite fragile. Thus, it is best to avoid them using in rings as well as bracelets as they bear a lot of wear and tear.

The beads of Drusy are a lot like pendants. They are fixed in such a way that they display a magnificent colour within the beads. These beautiful gemstones form after years of formation as well as pressure which are caused by different gases which are trapped in the rocks while they are still being formed. Once the rock solidifies, and more substances are introduced into it, crystallisations are formed in the cavity of the rock.

The variation in colour as well as crystalline happens due to different minerals which are present in the rock formation. If you will look at one of these stones, you would feel as if you are looking at a mini-universe. There is a lot of time as well as effort which is involved in the formation of these beautiful gems.

Size
Drusy Quartz is available in different sizes. You will see very small pieces to very large pieces. The crystals need to cut with care since it’s quite fragile. The crystals are cut usually in the free form in order to enhance their beauty.
In most of the cases, it’s found at the final stages of the growth in an agate-geode. So the pieces need to chopped off the centre of the geodes. Some of the pieces of Drusy such as garnets can be found as inter-locking crystals plates. When they are found on the matrix, they have a backing already.

Carbonate clusters are found often so that the stones have some useful traits like beautiful Drusy Quartz over the blue Chrysocolla which is found in Peru or blocks of pink colour calcite which is found in Congo.

It is a very easy and exciting stone to work on. The flash as well as the colour makes it a good way of creating something eye-catching and beautiful. The edges of the stone are generally bezel so that there is no chipping in the jewellery. These stones may also be used as display items as the agate-substrate may be polished for showing off the layers of minerals.

Features which make it a popular stone

The biggest reason behind the popularity of this cheap stone (which does not look cheap at all) is that it is very easy to work on it. It makes some stunning pieces of jewels which make it look like the costly stones when it is not expensive actually. You may find good quality Drusy stones at a number of rock and mineral shows which would sell them for very low prices.

It all basically depends on the size and the colour of the gems. But, it is possible to realise good value according your budget. Most of the Drusy stones which are used for commercial purpose are brought from Brazil.

Spiritual features of Drusy

There are a number of spiritual features of Drusy too which makes good impact on the person wearing it. That is the reason behind most of the people purchasing it.
Some of these features are:

1. It helps in removing tension as well as stress from your mind and offers calmness and smoothness to it
2. It is also quite helpful in drawing away the negative energy from the body and pulls in positive energy
3. It motivates sensible, creative and clear thoughts in the mind of the person wearing it
4.  The wearer’s positive energies are strengthened because of the metaphysical properties this stone has
5. You can wear it for the purpose of meditation as it helps in attracting positive energies and makes the wearer feel calm and cool from inside
6. The stone is also helpful in controlling the imbalance in the body of the wearer and make him or her feel energetic and fit physically as well as mentally
7. It also helps in self actualisation and self realisation

All the priceless features mentioned above make Drusy a highly desirable stone. All these features are not found in another stone all together. On top of it its cheap cost attracts more and more people towards it.