Rose Quartz, Enhanced, Faceted Rice Beads, One 8x6mm Strand

Rose Quartz, Enhanced, Faceted Rice Beads, One 8x6mm Strand

This price is for one strand 15 to 16 inches long

6x8mm rice bead strands about 40 pieces

Rose Quartz is found in a course-grained igneous rock (usually granite). Its colors range from a pastel pink to a rose-pink hue, including orangey and violet pinks, and are believed to be caused by trace amounts of minerals, like titanium and Dumortierite inclusions. It can be transparent to translucent with soft radiating glow, but many times will have a milky pink color.

Much of the Rose Quartz that is sold today is found in Brazil, South Africa, India, and Madagascar. Other sources include Namibia, Mozambique, and Sri Lanka. In the United States, a deposit near Custer, South Dakota once produced significant amounts of Rose Quartz.

Rose Quartz is South Dakota’s and Georgia’s state mineral.

Hardness 7

These beads were cut, drilled and polished in China. They have been enhanced by heating, but are not dyed.

Many natural gemstone beads are subjected to some kind of treatment to enhance or alter their appearance in addition to cutting, drilling and polishing.

To enhance beads means to improve the color, clarity, or quality of beads by heating, filling, oiling, dying, and coating. At Beauty in the Bead, we take treatments to beads seriously and will, to the best of our ability, provide information on enhancements to our beads. While some treatments are undetectable, we do our best to provide information for your informed buying decision.