Description
Rose quartz is a translucent pink to rose-red variety of quartz.It is rarely found as a crystal and is far more common in massive form.
Among gemstones, rose quartz is considered a semiprecious stone that may be used in jewelry. Rose quartz stones that are nearly transparent are sometimes cut to make flat surfaces called facets, to better reflect light. Rose quartz is also popular in the new age community for perceived metaphysical properties
Composition
Quartz is a tectosilicate mineral that is the second most common mineral in Earth‘s continental crust.Its crystal structure is a framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra. Each shares an oxygen atom with another tetrahedron, so the overall chemical formula is SiO2 or silica.