rutilated quartz, green garnet & pink tourmaline bracelet
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| composition | silicon dioxide |
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| name source | quartz from the Saxon querklufterz, meaning "cross vein ore," and rutile from the Latin rutilus, meaning "red" |
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| other accepted names | Venus's hair-stone or hair stone, sagenite, needle stone, sagenitic quartz |
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| historical aliases | Thetis's hair-stone, Venus's pencils, Fleches d'amour ("love arrows"), Cupid's net, and Cupid's arrow |
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| color | clear to milky quartz |
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| color source | titanium oxide growing synonymously with quartz |
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| significant sources | France (Brittany), Kazakhstan, Norway and many other countries |
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| MOH scale | 7 |
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| care and treatment | Very hard, quartz is hard to scratch -- but pieces of rutilated quartz may be somewhat rough to the touch if the rutile is exposed -- so watch for snags. Wash in warm soapy water or in ultrasonic jewelry cleaner. |
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