DESCRIPTION:
There are many different kinds of quartz in the world, and rose quartz is perhaps one of the most sought after variety. The color in rose quartz is the result of several impurities including titanium, manganese, and iron. There have been recent studies, however, suggest that the color in massive rose quartz is the result of microscopic fibers, which may be totally new, and up to now, an unknown material causing the color in rose quartz.
COMMONLY FOUND:
Rose quartz can be found in various places throughout the world including Custer, South Dakota, California, Montana, Germany, Brazil, and Madagascar, India. Most of the world’s supply today of rose quartz comes from Brazil. The very first rose quartz crystals were discovered in Rumford, Maine in a pegmatite (course species of rock).
INTERESTING FACTS:
Rose quartz has been considered a symbol of beauty and love, and has been used for religious objects for thousands of years, and also for ornaments and gemstones. Rose quartz has been used for ornamental carvings like statues, and figurines. Quartz gets its name from an old Saxon term, “querklufterz,” which means cross vein ore.
