Smoky Quartz 8mm Round 15-16 InchSmoky Quartz is a translucent smoky brown or gray variety of Quartz. It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish gray crystal. The color of Smoky Quartz is due to natural irradiation and traces of aluminum within the crystal lattice of the stone. Smoky Quartz it the national gem of Scotland, where it was mined since around 300 BCE.

**The strand pictured is banded but the strand you receive may not be banded

It takes its name from Mooka Creek

The best available information indicates that the stone is a type of Dolomite that has been altered by volcanic activity

Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal-blue to bright blue to dark blue-green

The Ruby inclusions in this stone are pink to reddish purple to dark purple

usually in white on hues of brown

yellow and white

commonly known as Limestone

second only to diamond

and comes in a range of other colors

but those varieties are transparent

In lower grades it can be transparent to opaque and is commonly light blue