singerofpeace
Hi guys,
I have been picking up some amazing specimens over the past many years. I finally got myself a display case and keep inviting people over to look at my rocks, but it turns out that not too many people are really all that excited about minerals. They are very polite, and maybe ask a few questions (which I then take an outrageously long time answering), but goodness do I want to share my beautiful pieces of earth with people who might be as excited as me! So, I was thinking maybe I might post some pictures here now and then when I get a chance to take them. I hope people might enjoy them!
Here are some pictures of a new piece of quartz I picked up last week... but it's no ordinary quartz. Shooting in and out of the quartz points are beautiful strands of golden rutile, growing out of little bits of hematite hidden in the quartz. You can see bits of the hematite here and there. The quartz itself has a bit of a smokey tint to it, but not so much that I might solidly classify it as smokey quartz. If you look very closely, you can see a bit of clear crystal that doesn't look like quartz... it almost looks like a bubbling texture, which quartz doesn't do. That's clear opal, also known as hyalite. It's been popping up in my life a bit these days! You can see it coating some of the quartz, and even beading along some strands of rutile like droplets of water. It comes from Minas Gerais in Brazil.
As for its metaphysical properties, there is much literature about rutilated quartz and hematite, and a little about hyalite, and if anyone wants me to link some of that I'd be happy to! I'm of the persuasion that the effects of stones vary from person to person, so I try to take the literature with a grain of salt and develop my own feelings about pieces. This piece gave me such joy when I saw it. I find most quartz with hair-like inclusions to have a sifting quality to them, filtering out negativity and magnifying the positivity. Rutile specifically usually has a bit of an intellectual feeling to me, giving a bit more focus, perhaps. This rutile has an ethereal quality to it, but is grounded by its basis in the bits of hematite inside. Meanwhile, the bubbling hyalite opal just seems to emanate effervescent happiness.
If people seem to enjoy the photos, I would love to post more (when I remember to take them!!) and share my excitement with like-minded people!
I have been picking up some amazing specimens over the past many years. I finally got myself a display case and keep inviting people over to look at my rocks, but it turns out that not too many people are really all that excited about minerals. They are very polite, and maybe ask a few questions (which I then take an outrageously long time answering), but goodness do I want to share my beautiful pieces of earth with people who might be as excited as me! So, I was thinking maybe I might post some pictures here now and then when I get a chance to take them. I hope people might enjoy them!
Here are some pictures of a new piece of quartz I picked up last week... but it's no ordinary quartz. Shooting in and out of the quartz points are beautiful strands of golden rutile, growing out of little bits of hematite hidden in the quartz. You can see bits of the hematite here and there. The quartz itself has a bit of a smokey tint to it, but not so much that I might solidly classify it as smokey quartz. If you look very closely, you can see a bit of clear crystal that doesn't look like quartz... it almost looks like a bubbling texture, which quartz doesn't do. That's clear opal, also known as hyalite. It's been popping up in my life a bit these days! You can see it coating some of the quartz, and even beading along some strands of rutile like droplets of water. It comes from Minas Gerais in Brazil.
As for its metaphysical properties, there is much literature about rutilated quartz and hematite, and a little about hyalite, and if anyone wants me to link some of that I'd be happy to! I'm of the persuasion that the effects of stones vary from person to person, so I try to take the literature with a grain of salt and develop my own feelings about pieces. This piece gave me such joy when I saw it. I find most quartz with hair-like inclusions to have a sifting quality to them, filtering out negativity and magnifying the positivity. Rutile specifically usually has a bit of an intellectual feeling to me, giving a bit more focus, perhaps. This rutile has an ethereal quality to it, but is grounded by its basis in the bits of hematite inside. Meanwhile, the bubbling hyalite opal just seems to emanate effervescent happiness.
If people seem to enjoy the photos, I would love to post more (when I remember to take them!!) and share my excitement with like-minded people!
