Clear Quartz Crystal Bracelet

Clear quartz - rock crystal - is the colourless, transparent variety of quartz: pure crystalline silica, SiO₂. Trigonal. Mohs 7. Its near-absence of colouring impurities is exactly what makes it colourless.

Quartz is piezoelectric: it produces a small electric charge under mechanical stress. The same property keeps time in a quartz watch and serves as a frequency standard in electronics - the genuinely remarkable fact about the material.

It grows from silica-rich water in open cavities over geological time, forming six-sided prisms with pyramidal terminations. The clearest crystals grow slowly into fluid-filled pockets; the internal veils and inclusions in any given bead are a record of that growth.

Asked often

Is it real rock crystal?
Yes - natural crystalline quartz, colourless because it is close to pure silica.

Why are there veils or marks inside the beads?
Those are natural - fractures and inclusions formed as the crystal grew. No two beads are identical.

Is clear quartz the same as glass?
No. Glass is man-made and amorphous; quartz is a natural crystal, and it is piezoelectric - it carries a small charge under pressure, the property that keeps time in a quartz watch.

Can I wear it daily?
Yes - at Mohs 7 it is among the most hard-wearing stones here and stable in daylight. Keep the cord dry.

1. Worn on either wrist, over the hand, on a durable elastic cord.
2. Wipe with a soft, slightly damp cloth and dry. At Mohs 7 it is among the most hard-wearing of the bead minerals and holds its polish well.
3. No special handling beyond keeping the cord dry - clear quartz is durable and stable in daylight.

Many traditions rinse or air their stones from time to time; that is a matter of preference, and the rest is yours.

The elastic cord lasts longest kept dry - remove before swimming, bathing, or applying scent. Do not soak.

• Stone: Clear quartz · rock crystal
• Composition: SiO₂ · silicon dioxide
• Crystal system: Trigonal
• Hardness: Mohs 7
• Character: Transparent, colourless · internal veils and inclusions common
• Property: Piezoelectric
• Band: Durable elastic cord
• Origin: Brazil
• Care: Wipe with a soft cloth · keep dry · stable in daylight

The Greek name krystallos meant "ice." The classical world, Pliny among its writers, believed clear quartz was water frozen beyond thawing - permanent, eternal ice. Across many cultures it has been regarded as the stone of clarity and light, and used in crystal-gazing and divination - a documented historical practice, named here as history.

It has been worked for thousands of years - carved into seals, vessels, and lenses, and ground into burning-glasses that focused the sun to a point. The clearest, most light-filled of the quartz family; what people have read into that clarity for millennia is handed back to you.