Hand Crafted Vermeil Gold Rutilated 24x16mm Pendant. 30" - 18k Gold Filled Cable Chain.
Beautiful. Elegant. Minimalist. Spa Jewelry. Zen. Motivation. Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It is used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly look golden, but they also can look silver, copper red or deep black.
Rutilated quartz can be found in Australia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Norway, Pakistan and the United States. Golden rutilated quartz was first found in Brazil in the in the Serra da Mangabeira mountain range in the 1940's where miners were originally picking up pieces of clear quartz for optical uses.