Black Rutilated Quartz 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch White Wood It also serves as the

It also serves as the Mohs hardness scale index mineral for a hardness of 8

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

Norway where this type of igneous rock is found

features intricate light brown patterns on dark brown stones

Black Rutilated Quartz 7x8mm Faceted Swirl Oval - 15-16 Inch White Wood It also serves as theRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle like inclusions of Rutile. These needles usually appear golden, but can also appear silver, red, copper, or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star like formations. Rutile is the mineral name for natural crystals of titanium dioxide, which may contain iron oxide. When the level of iron oxide is high, the inclusions appear more golden or copper, when it is low, they