Quartz With Inclusions Tumbled Pendant — Polished Stone With Bail, 1/2 to 1 Inch

Quick Specs

• Type: Tumbled stone pendant
• Stone: Quartz with inclusions
• Size: About 1/4 inch wide, between 1/2 and 1 inch tall
• Finish: Tumbled and polished
• Hanger: Silver-toned bail
• Mohs Hardness: 7

Quartz With Inclusions in a Long Polished Form

This is a tumbled stone with a long, narrow outline, about 1/4 inch wide and between 1/2 and 1 inch tall, rounded at both ends with a smooth polish. Its body is translucent and warm in tone, a reddish-brown that shades toward salmon through the middle and clears to a paler, glassier look along the edges. Fine darker flecks are scattered through the interior, and a small pale sliver sits near the top just below the bail. The bail is silver-toned, a flat strip folded into a loop, and it joins the top of the stone and takes a chain or cord. Because the stone is translucent, the color changes with the light behind it, and held toward a window it glows from within. The polish is even along the full length, with a soft gloss, and the long shape hangs with a feather-like line, narrow at the bail and broadest toward the middle. Tumbled stones each keep their own proportions, so the height runs from about 1/2 to 1 inch and the pattern of flecks differs from one stone to the next.

Quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO2, and it defines 7 on the Mohs scale, which puts it above glass, a material Fire Mountain Gems places at 5.5 to 6. It has no cleavage and breaks along curved, shell-like surfaces called conchoidal fractures, which is why tumbled quartz keeps a smooth, rounded form. Inclusions are materials trapped inside quartz as it grows, and rutilated quartz is the best-known example, with gold or black rutile needles running through clear crystal. Quartz is among the most abundant minerals on Earth, and impurities and inclusions account for its colored varieties, including amethyst, citrine, rose quartz and aventurine. Fire Mountain Gems says quartz can be icy clear or carry inclusions, veils and bubbles, so inclusions belong to the normal range of the mineral. Quartz also works in industry: Wikipedia and geology.com both note its use in electronics. In modern crystal practice, quartz is linked with the crown chakra, the seventh and highest point in the modern Western scheme. Those meanings belong to crystal lore, and you can take them as themes for reflection.

Looking Into the Stone and Wearing It

Hold the pendant toward a window and turn it slowly to see how the flecks and the pale sliver move through the stone. Thread it onto a chain from my neck chains, cords and cages and wear it for an easy daily accent, since its long line suits a plain neckline. On a desk, lay it on a white saucer, where the translucent color shows best, or leave it beside a notebook as a small focus point while you write. On an altar it can rest on a cloth beside a candle. A stone this size tucks into a card or a small box as a gift for someone who likes to look closely at minerals. Wear it alone on a fine chain, or add it to a chain beside a bead or a small charm.

How to Wear and Care for the Quartz Pendant

The Tarot Fellow Standard

I stock this pendant because a tumbled quartz with inclusions lets you look inside a stone: the flecks are part of the mineral, and every piece carries its own pattern. At about 1/4 inch wide and between 1/2 and 1 inch tall, it hangs light from a silver-toned bail. The crown chakra link is modern crystal lore, and I offer it as a theme for your own reflection. If you’d like to compare quartz with other stones, browse my crystals, stones and gemstones collection.

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