Gold Rutilated Quartz 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Varries Peter the Great set up

Peter the Great set up Russia's first spa in Karelia to make use of the water purifying properties of shungite

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" The "gift from the sun

It has been mistaken for ruby and sapphire at times

Gold Rutilated Quartz 4mm Round - 15-16 Inch Varries Peter the Great set upRutilated Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral with unique needle to like inclusions of Rutile. These needles usually appear golden, but can also appear silver, red, copper, or black and can be distributed randomly or in bundles or star to like formations. Rutile is the mineral name for natural crystals of titanium dioxide, which may contain iron oxide. When the level of iron oxide is high, the inclusions appear more golden or copper, when it is low,