Green Quartz
Quartz & Crystal Family
Green quartz is a broad descriptive name rather than one distinct mineral variety. The catalogue stone is rock crystal quartz containing mossy or needle-like green epidote inclusions; it is therefore included quartz, not the uniformly green quartz variety prasiolite.
Identity
- Material or variety
- Quartz
- Scientific or material identity
- Quartz
- Classification
- Natural mineral or mineral variety
- Composition or formula
- SiO₂
- Crystal system or structure
- Trigonal
- Geological or manufacturing origin
- Can form in more than one geological environment, or combines several materials.
- Mohs hardness
- 7
- Specific gravity
- 2.65
Origins
China
Appearance & optical properties
clear quartz with mossy green epidote inclusions.
Uses & care
- Common uses
- Attractive included crystals are collected, while transparent pieces may be cut as cabochons, tablets, or faceted gems to display their internal patterns.
- Handling and cleaning
- Use warm soapy water and a soft cloth or brush. Protect crystal points and polished edges from hard blows, and avoid harsh cleaning when inclusions reach the surface.
Jewellery
5 pieces of Green Quartz jewellery. Learners earn each one in DigMyGem by learning words; until then it shows as a silhouette.
Mossglass Ring
Ring
A soft green quartz set in a ring of twining metal vines.
Verdant Drop Earrings
Earrings
Two green quartz drops hang like dew from a pair of slender hooks.
Forest Crown
Crown
A circlet of green quartz leaves that seems gathered from a summer wood.
Prasiolite Leaf Necklace
Necklace
An imagined necklace of leaf-shaped green quartz, also called prasiolite, a pale mint-green quartz.
Spring Leaf Stomacher
Brooch
An imagined large bodice brooch in the Georgian style, a spray of leaves set with pale green prasiolite.