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26.45 CT AAA! SMOKY QUARTZ SQUARE CUSHION
$ 5.2
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Description
SPOTTED DOGDESIGN
26.45 CT AAA! SMOKY QUARTZ SQUARE
Product Name
QUARTZ
Color
SMOKY
Product ID
Clarity
VVS
Quantity
1 PC
LUSTER
EXCEPTIONAL
Shape
Square Cushion
Hardness
7
Weight
26.45 CT.
Treatment
LAB HYDROTHERMAL CONDITION
Size
18 X 18 X 10.0 mm.
Origin
AFRICA
CLARITY CHART
IF
Internally Flawless, Very High Quality
VVS
Very Very Slight Inclusions, High Quality
VS
Very Slight Inclusions Visible to The Naked Eye, Good Quality
SI1-2
Some Inclusions Visible to The Naked Eye
I
Inclusions Easily Visible, Medium to The Lower Quality
Opaque
Light cannot Pass Through
Transparent
Light can Pass Through
LAB Quartz
This Quartz is a product of "lab hydrothermal conditions".
This means that it is cultured or man made (synthetic) Quartz.
Quartz mined from the earth and Quartz made in the lab are essentially the same chemically and as far as their properties go. In nature, In the lab, Quartz is made much like children make salt crystals.
That is, a hot solution of salt is dissolved in hot water then allowed to slowly cool.
Hot water is able to keep more salt in solution than cold water.
As the solution cools, crystals are formed in shapes characteristic for salt.
In the case of Quartz, the chemicals which form quartz are suspended in a hot solution and then cooled under high pressure.
Quartz is formed then further processed to form colored Quartz.
This cultured or man made Quartz is for the most part identical to Quartz found in nature except that because it is grown in the lab under controlled conditions, these stones usually have fewer imperfections
than stones found in nature.
Large smokey colored quartz can be grown for much less money than natural smoky quartz. Natural Smoky Quartz are more valuable, and hold their value.
For people who want to use big beautiful gemstones in their jewelry and love being able to have the beauty without the cost.
As an investment, natural Quartz is the best bet.
Often whole sellers will claim that synthetic stones are from a particular country which is famous for natural stones.
Even if these stones were made in a particular country, the location of where the stone was made is not only irrelevant, it is misleading as it tends to give people the impression the stone is natural and thus worth more.