Gold Rutilated Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Focals & Matching Rounds which receive their color from

which receive their color from trace amounts of chromium

It is sometimes used for scalpel blades in cardiac surgery

It is composed of silicon dioxide

and it constitutes a major portion of many of the earth's rocks

This Agate exhibits orange to golden to milky white tones in its parallel banding

Gold Rutilated Quartz 6mm Round - 15-16 Inch Focals & Matching Rounds which receive their color fromRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to 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 to 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,