Rutilated Quartz — Chunk

Clear quartz with golden, copper, or reddish needle-like inclusions — natural rutile crystals embedded within the quartz, sometimes called 'angel hair' or 'Venus hair.'

Details

• Form: Raw chunk
• Origin: Brazil
• Mineral: Quartz with rutile (titanium dioxide) inclusions

About the stone

Rutilated quartz forms when needle-like crystals of rutile (titanium dioxide) grow inside clear quartz, often appearing as fine golden, copper, or reddish strands. The two minerals form together over geological time, producing a single specimen with both. Sometimes called 'angel hair quartz' or 'Venus hair stone' for the delicate, hair-like appearance of the rutile needles.

In crystal tradition

In crystal tradition, rutilated quartz combines the qualities of clear quartz (clarity, amplification) with the activating energy associated with rutile. Long-valued for inspiration, focus, and supporting the manifestation of intentions — often described in crystal practice as the stone's 'illumination' quality, the rutile threads suggesting beams of light through the clear matrix.

Each piece is one of a kind. Natural variations in colour, shape, size, and pattern are part of what makes the stone what it is — the photograph shows a representative example, your piece will look slightly different.