Mystic Quartz. Quartz is one of the most common minerals on earth and is well known in the gems world. Quartz is attractive and durable, as well as inexpensive. It can be cut and carved in many forms and sizes. Quartz is named after a Slavic word for "hard".
A new high tech enhancement process applied to colorless stones such as quartz and topaz created a new sophisticated variety we call "Mystic Quartz".
Mystic quartz displays a stunning rainbow effect that makes it all at once unique, fashionable, trend setting, a symbol of youth, a rebellious mind or simply the love to be different.
The color, brilliance and clarity of the final product depend very much on the quality, cut and polish of the original gemstone. That's why we use only first quality quartz for our mystic quartz.Mystic Quartz colors
Buying Mystic Quartz
Where is Quartz found?
World-famous Mystic Quartz
Common Mystic Quartz treatments
Mystic quartz gemology
Mystic Quartz Legends & Lore Mystic quartz colors
Mystic quartz displays all the colors of the rainbow in one stone. The shades of color are displayed in amazing ornament-like designs. Buying Mystic Quartz
Although quartz is considered to be relatively hard (7 Mohs scale), mystic quartz requires some care. One should use only a mild detergent for cleaning, combined with a gentle scrubbing with a toothbrush at the most. In order to avoid water stains on the coating, the crystal should be dried with a towel or with the blow of a hairdryer.
Color
The designer gemstone is an affordable eye catching stunner of its own kind. Color preferences are meaningless since the full rainbow of colors is displayed.
Lighting
It looks best under halogen light or in daylight
Clarity
Transparent, eye clean quartz of the finest quality is our only choice for the raw stone that shall be enhanced into mystic quartz.
Cut
Quartz is available in a wide range of sizes and shapes, including many fancy shapes. Jewelry-designer love mystic quartz because it sets hardly limits to their creativity.
Rock crystal (basic stone for mystic quartz) location and deposits
Rock crystal the raw material of mystic quartz is found all over the world. Important deposits are found in: The Alps, Brazil, Madagascar and the United States. Quartz location and deposits
Quartz is one of the most common minerals on earth.
Macrocrystalline quartz deposits:
Rock crystal: In the Alps, Brazil, Madagascar, United States
Smoky quartz: Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, Scotland, Switzerland, Ukraine
Amethyst: Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, India, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Russia, Sri Lanka, United States (Arizona), Uruguay and Zambia
Amethyst quartz: Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, India, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Russia, Sri Lanka, United States (Arizona), Uruguay and Zambia
Ametrine: Brazil, Bolivia
Citrine: Argentina, Brazil, Madagascar, Namibia, Russia, Scotland, Spain, United States
Prasiolite: Brazil, United States (Arizona)
Rose quartz: Brazil, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Sri Lanka, USA
Aventurine: Austria, Brazil, India, Russia, Tanzania
Prase: Austria, Finland, Germany, Scotland
Quartz cat's eye: Brazil, India, Sri Lanka
Hawk's eye: Brazil, India, Sri Lanka
Tiger's eye: Australia, India, Myanmar, Namibia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United States Common Mystic Quartz treatments
Colorless quartz, our raw basic material, is always untreated. In order to convert eye clean colorless quartz of fine quality into mystic quartz, some high tech procedures are necessary that are kept a secret by the few firms that invented them. As much as we can disclose, the cut and polished quartz is coated with an extremely thin titanium film that bonds with quartz at the molecular level. Very little heat is involved in the process. The coating is permanent, but if part of the crystal chips off or is broken the natural color of the stone will show.
World-Famous Mystic Quartz
It would be too much to ask for world-famous mystic quartz. The youngest offspring of the high technology enhancement labs has to be satisfied with the appreciation by the young, fashionable generation and its name itself: Mystic Quartz.
Quartz gemology
Species: Rock crystal
Color: Colorless
Chemical composition: SiO2, silicon dioxide
Crystal system: (Trigonal), hexagonal prisms
Hardness: 7 (Mohs scale)
Specific gravity: 2.65
Refractive index: 1.544 - 1.553
Birefringence: +0.009
Color of streak: White
Absorption spectrum: Absent
Fluorescence: None The Mystic Quartz Zodiac, Myth & Legend
The name is all that mystic quartz will ever get in this perspective. Other lesser-known gemstones produce a blank page in the books of myth, history, wisdom, the zodiac scheme or the relation between planets and mankind as well. On the other hand, mystic quartz is a high tech achievement that successfully conquered nature and succeeded. Future generations will decide whether that's legendary material or not…
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