Description
Exquisite in both beauty and femininity, Lavender Quartz's pinkish-purple colors blend with a soft, silky sheen due to this gem's translucency. The delightful lavender sheen and dance in this gem resembles the opalescence of opal and adularescence of moonstone. Please note: this is merely a visual similarity; Lavender Quartz possesses no optical phenomena. Brazil is not only home to many of the world's quartz gemstones but, by default, also home to some of the world's finest quartz gemstone carvers. This is the secret to unlocking Lavender Quartz's soft, colorful brilliance. Semitransparent to translucent, Lavender Quartz is finished eye-clean, the highest quality clarity grade for colored gemstones. Lavender Quartz is a variety of macrocrystalline (large crystal) quartz that comes in rare lavender, a pastel shade of violet (medium violet or a light pinkish-purple). Neither amethyst nor chalcedony, this unusual addition to the quartz family possesses a unique color and is available only from a single mine. Mined directly from host rock, lavender quartz comes from the Boquira Mine in the municipality (município) of Oliveira dos Brejinhos in the northern Brazilian state of Bahia. The Borquria Mine opened in 1956 and is currently inactive.
