rock crystals

Clear stone specimens

Rock crystals are clear, colorless quartz—the transparent variety of silicon dioxide prized since antiquity for jewelry, carvings, and decorative objects.

The term emphasizes the mineral's glass-like clarity, distinguishing it from milky or colored quartz varieties: a pendant carved from rock crystal, rock crystal chandeliers.

Related
  • hardFirm or demanding
  • mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
  • clearWithout obstruction or fog
  • quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
  • roughUneven in surface

new age · gemstone · oscillators · shine · transparency · sparkle · colorless · natural beauty · faceting · geodes · piezoelectricity · prisms · gleam · watch movement · energy healing · healing stones · druzy · ruby

Opposites
transparency/clarity

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Glassy igneous rock

jasper · onyx · jet · hematite · slate

structural order

rock crystalsvolcanic glass

Amorphous ignite rock

obsidian · opal · pumice · moldavite · fulgurite

preciousness/value

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Precious crystallized carbon

emeralds · rubies · sapphires · alexandrite · tanzanite

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G