Strawberry Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch J & M Gems N Things An orthoproxene mineral

An orthoproxene mineral

initially as tools because of its hardness

calming down survival based fears

and forms around pieces of sand or other irritations within such a mollusc’s shell to create pearls

Strawberry Quartz 6x8mm Triangle Cut Faceted Rice Bead - 15-16 Inch J & M Gems N Things An orthoproxene mineralStrawberry Quartz is a translucent, milky to pink silicon dioxide mineral. Its needle to like inclusions of hematite are iridescent red. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history, often used in healing and meditation and as religious objects in funerary rites and to dispel evil.