Quartz with White-Brown Rutile, Oval Cabochon from Brazil

About Rutilated Quartz

Rutilated quartz is quartz containing visible inclusions of rutile, a titanium-oxide mineral. The host may be colourless, smoky, grey, yellowish or brown, while the rutile appears as fine needles or hair-like threads in golden, coppery-red, reddish-brown or black tones. Needles may form loose sprays, dense networks or striking crossing patterns. Very clear material can show the inclusions almost three-dimensionally. Aligned…