Rutilated quartz is quartz crystal that have the mineral inclusions of rutile inside them. Collectively, the type of quartz with needle-like inclusions like rutile, asbestos, goethite, epidote, or hornblende in them are called sagenite. Rutile is just one of the many types of inclusions that are found in quartz, but it is common enough to [...]

Large crystals can be used as generator crystals, in particular, quartz crystals. I am a long time owner of a large quartz crystal weighing more than a kilo, about 30 cm high, and 10 cm wide (1 foot high and 4 inches wide). This crystal is really intense, and if I sleep with it by [...]

Crystal wands are famous throughout history as the magical tools of wizardry in countless tales of lore. Most of us have probably heard of crystal wands from fairy tales. You wouldn’t think that crystal wands existed naturally would you? But they do, in fact. Natural quartz crystal wands that exist in the shape and likeness [...]

Let’s look at the basic quartz crystal structure. Quartz is grouped under the hexagonal category of crystalline structures; structural models such as trigonal, isometric, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, hexagonal, and triclinic patterns. The basic quartz structure is a tetrahedron, which repeats itself by duplicating the likeness of a spiral within itself, turning either right or left. [...]

The double terminated quartz crystal is a quartz crystal with two ends that end in natural facets. Double terminated quartz crystals are rather rare specimens, and the rarest of all, would be the Herkimer Diamonds. Normally, these crystals form in free floating pockets of liquid that slowly evaporated, leaving perfectly formed crystals with terminations on [...]