Description

Rare floating brilliant crystallized rose quartz, accompanied by a few points rods of black tourmaline.  Hand picked from Alto de Pitora Mine, Brazil. Specimen weighs 12.5 grams. Measures 1.25 inches long X 1 inch wide X 1 inch high.

Rose Quartz gains its unique coloration through microscopic inclusions of a mineral that is related to Dumortierite but is pink instead of blue. Along with its Anhedral Crystal shape this form of coloration is what makes Rose Quartz, Rose Quartz. However there is a variety of Quartz that is the color pink, and its colloquial name is Crystallized (or Terminated) Rose Quartz. Crystalized Rose Quartz  is colored instead by the inclusion of very particular aluminum and phosphorus ions. This makes Crystalized Rose Quartz incredibly light sensitive, and prone to fading completely within less than an hour of sun exposure. Crystalized Rose Quartz is far more rare than Rose Quartz, making it a highly sought after commodity in the mineral collection community.