I was last year out of Strawberry Quartz Tortoises as so many people have loved them. It sold very well on the website. This quarter my supplier had them again so we were able a nice group in this larger size to offer you again. They are all very much the same as the photo shows. This crystal can be a crimson (like these cubes) or rust colour like these.

This crystal stimulates the heart energy centre, filling ones total person with the feeling of love and with the euphoria of the true loving environment. Read more on the Healing tab.

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We will intuit the best strawberry quartz tortoise for you.

 

Weight	62 g
Dimensions	57 × 35 × 27 mm
Colour	Pink / Crimson
Country Crystal Grew	Unknown
Country of Shaping	China
Size	Medium

Geological Information

Geological Information of Quartz

Quartz is a very common mineral in its crystal form as well as combined with other minerals (like tiger eye, aventurine, citrine..)

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Silicates
• Category: Oxides
• Formula: SiO2 Silicon Dioxide
• Crystal System: Trigonal
• Habit: 6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical), drusy, fine-grained to microcrystalline, massive
• Mohs Hardness:  7, less if impurities
• Luster / Diaphaneity: Transparent to nearly opaque, Vitreous, in massive: waxy or dull.
• Colour: Colorless through various colors to black. Each colour usually has a different name like Amethyst, Rose Quartz ...

Special Notes

• Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal or clear quartz, is colorless and transparent or translucent
• Commonly occurs in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
  • Often found in mineral veins with metal ores.
• Often been used for hardstone carvings,
• Many additional properties occur depending on mineral inclusions, coatings, shape, facets, cluster shapes, location, unusual influences during growth and coatings.
• When contaminants are added to the process the crystals take on a yellow, red, or other tint.
• Following is a list of contaminating elements and related colour hues:
  • carbon - black
  • cobalt - green/blue
  • chromium - green/blue
  • copper - green/blue
  • iron oxides - red, pink, brown, orange and yellow
  • manganese - pink/orange
  • manganese oxides - blackish/yellow
  • titanium - pink
  • lithium - pink/purple
  • Other factors affecting colour
  • white - minute fluid inclusions of gas, liquid
  • blue - magnesio-riebeckite, dumortierite or tourmaline inclusions

Additional Information About Varieties

Tibetan/Sichuan Quartz:

• Said to be found in the three areas bordering Tibet and China actually many now from the Sechuan province.
• Often has black inclusions which may be are all magnesium or carbon.