CLEAR QUARTZ

White Crystal (Milky Quartz / Clear Quartz)

White crystal is a variety of quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), one of the most abundant minerals in Earth's crust. Its white color is typically caused by microscopic fluid inclusions or tiny fractures that scatter light. When completely transparent and colorless, it is known as clear quartz or rock crystal.

Key Properties:

• Hardness: 7 on the Mohs scale (resists scratching by most common materials)

• Crystal System: Trigonal (often forming hexagonal prisms with pyramidal terminations)

• Luster: Vitreous (glassy)

• Transparency: Transparent (clear quartz) to translucent (milky quartz)

• Fracture: Conchoidal (shell-like, sharp edges)

Special Characteristics:

• Piezoelectricity: Generates an electric charge under mechanical stress – used in watches, radios, and oscillators

• Pyroelectricity: Develops a temporary voltage when heated or cooled

Uses & Applications:

• Jewelry & Decoration: Polished as gemstones, carved into spheres, wands, or pendants

• Healing & Metaphysics: Believed to amplify energy, clarify thought, and balance chakras; often called the "master healer"

• Industrial: High-purity quartz used in electronics, optics (lenses, prisms), and glassmaking

• Historical: Used by ancient civilizations for divination (crystal balls) and ritual tools

Interesting Fact:

Clear quartz is the "ice that never melts" – ancient Greeks believed it was permanently frozen water from the gods.