Rutilated Quartz

Quartz

7Hardness (Mohs)

SiO₂ + TiO₂ needlesChemistry

1Known origins & mines

Clear quartz shot through with golden rutile "Venus hair" needles. Brazil (Bahia and Minas Gerais) supplies most material; Madagascar and Kazakhstan also produce. Prized in energy work as an amplifier stone.

Known origins & mines

Novo Horizonte Rutilated Fields · Brazil

Active mining · Major source

Bahia's Chapada Diamantina pegmatites produce the finest golden rutile needles — "Venus hair" spheres and stars cut from Novo Horizonte and …

Mineral family: Quartz

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