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Le quartz rutile est strié de filets fins métalliques d'or, de cuivre, ou de fibres titaniques bleuâtres. Le rutile amplifie l'énergie de n'importe quel cristal dans lequel il se développe.Sa puissance électrique conduit et amplifie l'énergie, les pensées ou les programmations curatives (les cristaux sont dits "programmables").
Le quartz fumé procure un état de relaxation profonde propice à la méditation, la connexion avec nos guides voire simplement favorable à l'endormissement (lutte contre l'insomnie) lorsqu'il est rutilé.
Dans des bijoux (bague ou autre), le rutile est désigné sous "cheveux de Vénus" à cause de sa couleur blonde dorée.
Le quartz fumé(dit Smokey Quartz) est un excellent cristal "fondant". Il enlève doucement les implants émotifs (pensées ou émotions négatives implantées dans les corps subtils à partir d'une source extérieure, étrangère) et les énergies négatives (accablement, culpabilité, colère, etc). Il ramollit l'énergie négative et permet à des fréquences positives d'entrer.
Les aspects du quartz rutile apporte la force avec amour, soulage et allège durant les transitions, et apporte le calme, la raison, et le retour à l'ordre. Le rutile est employé en thérapie pour équilibrer l'aura en repoussant l'énergie négative. Il stabilise les processus mentaux, et les
déséquilibres émotifs et physiques. Dissipe l'interférence non désirée des mondes physiques (substances addictives) et spirituels (magie, dépendance ou assimilé) : protecteur.
On dit qu'également le quartz de Rutile augmente son arrangement dans des situations difficiles, de ce fait, il facilite les solutions opportunes et appropriées. On dit aussi qu'il soulage la dépression et la solitude, et aide à fournir la nouvelle direction et à augmenter la créativité (par son action décrite plus haut). Il illumine, active et aide à équilibrer. Aide en allant à la racine d'un problème, permet d'accéder à la cause d'une maladie ou d'un malaise, nettoie, aide à faire "table rase".
Bon pour l'acceptation, les aigreurs d'estomac, les allergies, l'angine, l'asthme, les ballonnements, la bronchite chronique, les cauchemars, les désintoxications, le dévellopement spirituel, l'espoir, la force et la résistance, l'immunité, l'impuissance, les douleurs de la nuque (appliquer dessus), l'otite, la pneumonie, la puissance sexuelle (!), le sens des réalités et du concret, les refroidissements, le rhume des foins, la sensibilité générale plus celle au froid, les spasmes du système digestif, le système nerveux central, le tabagisme, la tuberculose, ainsi que le vertige et le manque d'équilibre... ouf!
Une pierre très sympathique et compréhensive... à découvrir et à porter le plus souvent possible surtout en périodes de changements et de renouveau :-)
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First day of spring is dedicated to all the birds
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Quartz Carpet is a slip-resistant natural stone floor that combines a unique, foot-massaging finish with natural quartz granules in a clear low resin finish for an uncluttered, sophisticated look that can be found in some of the most luxurious residences and bespoken commercial projects throughout the world.
Seamless when finished, a Quartz Carpet floor in installed on site and can accommodate any contour in the surfaces, leaving you with a clean, modern look that adds gracious beauty to your home.
Made out of millions of stones, polished by nature our floors are compatible with radiant heat and are ideal for every room in your home. With the same maintenance as a regular carpet, quartz carpet is the result of over 30 years of product development in Europe, having developed a unique coating system for quartz granules that ensure uniform color, UV stability and a color range with over 1,000 color options.
Benefits:
Anti-slip texture
Infinite color range and combinations
Stain resistant
25 + year projected life cycle
Easy to Maintain
Naturally beautiful
Totally seamless
{503} 830.0207
Amethyst (= purple quartz) from Brazil. (public display, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are about 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.
The silicates are the most abundant and chemically complex group of minerals. All silicates have silica as the basis for their chemistry. "Silica" refers to SiO2 chemistry. The fundamental molecular unit of silica is one small silicon atom surrounded by four large oxygen atoms in the shape of a triangular pyramid - this is the silica tetrahedron - SiO4. Each oxygen atom is shared by two silicon atoms, so only half of the four oxygens "belong" to each silicon. The resulting formula for silica is thus SiO2, not SiO4.
The simplest & most abundant silicate mineral in the Earth's crust is quartz (SiO2). All other silicates have silica + impurities. Many silicates have a significant percentage of aluminum (the aluminosilicates).
Quartz (silicon dioxide/silica - SiO2) is the most common mineral in the Earth's crust. It is composed of the two most abundant elements in the crust - oxygen and silicon. It has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, is commonly clearish to whitish to grayish in color, has a white streak, is quite hard (H≡7), forms hexagonal crystals, has no cleavage, and has conchoidal fracture. Quartz can be any color: clear, white, gray, black, brown, pink, red, purple, blue, green, orange, etc.
Purple quartz is called amethyst. The coloring agent for amethyst is not agreed upon. Some workers say that it is due to Fe+4 impurity, some say the impurity is Fe+3, and others say it is Mn.
From museum signage:
"This geode was formed when amethyst crystals grew in an air bubble in basalt flows of Brazil.
Geodes are rounded, hollow bodies lined inside with crystals. The outer shell is typically formed of dense chalcedony, a type of quartz, and the inside is lined with crystals. The crystals lining this exceptionally large geode from brazil are amethyst, a semi-precious variety of quartz. Quartz crystals frequently form the inner lining of geodes, although crystals of calcite, dolomite, and other minerals occasionally are found.
Geodes are products of sedimentary environments, usually forming in limestones but also occurring in shales. They originate in a cavity in the rock, and grow by expansion. The crystals lining the inside of the geode form last, precipitated from ground water filling the cavity.
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Photo gallery of quartz and amethyst
www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=3337
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Locality:
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Romania
Class:
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size:
8 × 7 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal:
6.00cm
Description
very good group of perfect lustrous quartz crystals, largest is 6x4 cm
Quartz Carpet is a slip-resistant natural stone floor that combines a unique, foot-massaging finish with natural quartz granules in a clear low resin finish for an uncluttered, sophisticated look that can be found in some of the most luxurious residences and bespoken commercial projects throughout the world.
Seamless when finished, a Quartz Carpet floor in installed on site and can accommodate any contour in the surfaces, leaving you with a clean, modern look that adds gracious beauty to your home.
Made out of millions of stones, polished by nature our floors are compatible with radiant heat and are ideal for every room in your home. With the same maintenance as a regular carpet, quartz carpet is the result of over 30 years of product development in Europe, having developed a unique coating system for quartz granules that ensure uniform color, UV stability and a color range with over 1,000 color options.
Benefits:
Anti-slip texture
Infinite color range and combinations
Stain resistant
25 + year projected life cycle
Easy to Maintain
Naturally beautiful
Totally seamless
{503} 830.0207
Rhodochrosite on Quartz. Rhodochrosite is manganese carbonate. Pachapaqui District. Bolognesi Province, Ancash Dept., Peru. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)
Pyrrhotine & Quartz, Dalnegorsk, Russia.
Seen in "Terra Mineralia", one of the largest collections of minerals in the world.
It's getting warm and in spring the Quartz Magpie starts their yearly mating ritual. The male birds suddenly light up and wait for the females to notice and brighten up their yellow belly as well. Quite some show...
Sometimes ya just pick up a piece of stunning quartz. It was naturally wrapped in dirt, had no idea what it was going to look like. Got home and said hello to the good Wife then quickly got my toothbrush and G&T; cleaned both my throat and rock at the same time.. Men of the Maratoto can multi task even brushed my teeth this morning..
Not sure if I'm going to do anymore cleaning of this piece kinda like it as it is..
Smoky Quartz with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite
Locality: Brad, Romania
Size: Front crystal is 2.5 inches tall, back crystal is 2.8 inches
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281gtall.
408 – Quartz (Mineral),
Luster: Non-Metallic Vitreous,
Hardness: 7,
Breakage: no cleavage, conchoidal fracture on crystal faces,
Description: Silicate mineral, very glassy and shiny, very hard mineral and can scratch most other common minerals, very common mineral on earth’s surface, commonly white/clear
These translucent, dipyramidal crystals are technically quartz pseudomorphs after beta quartz.
Loclaity: Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Bor Pit, Russia
Size: Specimen is 2.1 inches wide.
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28g
Locality: Diamond Point, AZ
Notes: These growth hillocks are common on the rhombohedral faces of the quartz crystals from this area. The field of view is about 0.25 inches.
Quartz. Gladstone Mine. Eureka Mining District. This minor silver mine was developed in the 1870s. It was permanently closed in 1910. This specimen is one of the very few examples from this location. Gladstone (now a ghost town), near Silverton, San Juan Co., Colo.
Magnetite-garnet-quartz meta-iron formation from the Precambrian of Montana, USA. (5.4 centimeters across at its widest)
This iron formation sample has been metamorphosed at least twice during the Archean. At about 3.2 Ga, the protolith iron formation lithology (depositional age ~3.3 Ga) was subjected to granulite facies metamorphism. At about 2.8 Ga, the rock was subjected to upper amphibolite facies metamorphism.
The rock is dominated by magnetite (a magnet sticks to it), but also has much quartz and garnet (= the reddish specks) (click on the photo to zoom in).
Locality: Quad Creek section (= locality of Mueller et al., 1987) - roadcut on southern side of Beartooth Highway (Rt. 212), immediately west of Quad Creek, between milepost 50 and milepost 51, southern side of Rock Creek Canyon, just north of the eroded edge of Beartooth Plateau, southwest of the town of Red Lodge, Beartooth Mountains, southern Montana, USA (45° 01' 41.27" North & 109° 24' 55.31" West)
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Some info. from:
Mueller et al. (1987) - Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide, Rocky Mountain Section, pp. 75-76.
Maier (2011) - Geology and Geochemistry of Haean Zircon-Bearing Supracrustals from Quad Creek, Eastern Beartooth Mountains, Montana, USA. M.S. Thesis. University of Colorado. 59 pp.
Fossil wood (quartz permineralized fossil wood) (2.2 cm across)
Plants are multicellular, photosynthetic eucaryotes. The oldest known land plant body fossils are Silurian in age. Fossil root traces of land plants are known back in the Ordovician. The Devonian was the key time interval during which land plants flourished and Earth experienced its first “greening” of the land. The earliest land plants were small and simple and probably remained close to bodies of water. By the Late Devonian, land plants had evolved large, tree-sized bodies and the first-ever forests appeared.
The fossil shown above is "petrified wood", which is a horrible term for what is technically called permineralization. Biogenic materials such as wood or bone have a fair amount of small-scale porosity. After burial, the porosity of wood or bone can get partially or completely filled up with minerals as groundwater or diagenetic fluids percolate through. The end result is a harder, denser material that retains the original three-dimensionality (or close to it). The wood or bone has become “petrified”. Well, no - it’s become permineralized. Not surprisingly, the most common permineralization mineral is quartz (SiO2). Sometimes, fossil wood and bone have been permineralized with radioactive minerals such as black uraninite (UO2) or yellowish carnotite (K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O). Recently, fossil bones permineralized with cinnabar have been identified (García-Alix et al., 2013, Lethaia 46: 1-6).
A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5600 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.
The silicates are the most abundant and chemically complex group of minerals. All silicates have silica as the basis for their chemistry. "Silica" refers to SiO2 chemistry. The fundamental molecular unit of silica is one small silicon atom surrounded by four large oxygen atoms in the shape of a triangular pyramid - this is the silica tetrahedron - SiO4. Each oxygen atom is shared by two silicon atoms, so only half of the four oxygens "belong" to each silicon. The resulting formula for silica is thus SiO2, not SiO4.
The simplest & most abundant silicate mineral in the Earth's crust is quartz (SiO2). All other silicates have silica + impurities. Many silicates have a significant percentage of aluminum (the aluminosilicates).
Quartz (silicon dioxide/silica - SiO2) is the most common mineral in the Earth's crust. It is composed of the two most abundant elements in the crust - oxygen and silicon. It has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, is commonly clearish to whitish to grayish in color, has a white streak, is quite hard (H≡7), forms hexagonal crystals, has no cleavage, and has conchoidal fracture. Quartz can be any color: clear, white, gray, black, brown, pink, red, purple, blue, green, orange, etc.
The quartz seen here is a broken specimen - no obvious crystal faces are present.
While clearing out the house, we unearthed a large box containing about 100 mineral stones that came from Elisa's old collection.
Naturally, I decided to photograph them.
Rose Quartz 1.41ct., 6.8x9.57x4.89mm. Custom Pendeloque
Most rose quartz is hazy and fuzzy looking. This material is from a surprising find in Madagascar a few years back. I thought it was unavailable, but I found some at Tucson this year -- of course, I came home with it. I am very pleased that the stone holds its color after cutting. This is truly facet grade rose quartz.
Quartz with Sphalerite and minor Pyrite. This specimen is a huge 12" X 13". Black Cloud Mine. Leadville Mining District. Leadville, Lake Co., Colo.