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   Gem in the Spotlight: Quartz

   FJU Category: Gemstones | Tags: Amethyst, Citrine, Gem Spotlight, Gemology, Onyx, Prasiolite, Quartz

   … and turn them into something beautiful. To this day agates and other varieties of quartz have been staples of the jewelry industry. Quartz’s triboluminescent properties have been known for quite some time. The first scientific discovery of …What is common and yet rare? What is well known but surprising? What is affordably priced sometimes and sometimes unattainably expensive? If you answered quartz to all these …you looked at the title and knew). Quartz is one of the most common minerals on earth. Many quartz varieties are cut into gemstones, but some varieties are very rare. Some are ordinary like rock quartz, others are exotic like Drusy …