Square Rose Quartz Collar

Square Rose Quartz Collar Rose Quartz is the most popular variety of quartz. It has been used since ancient times for jewelry and carved pieces, including lamp bases, statues, and ashtrays. The most valuable and rare variety of rose quartz is transparent and so pale, it is almost colorless. Most rose quartz is cut as a cabochon or as rounded beads, as it is too cloudy to be faceted. Rose quartz can be imitated by glass. This process aims to replicate not only the color of the stone, but also the internal streaks the stone possesses. This process produces air bubbles, which are visible under a lens. Rose quartz comes in a variety of unique colors, which are due to tiny impurities of manganese, titanium  or iron. It can be various shades of pink, from peach to light pink to deep pink. Finer deep pink shades of rose quartz are more rare and valuable. Stones can fade to gray over time, as a result of exposure to air and sunlight, as rose quartz is heat sensitive. In fact, when heated and r