vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]That's why I had it in quotes. "Cherry quartz", "pineapple quartz", and ]"blueberry quartz" are all trade names for different colors of a manmade glass ]stone. The pendant I used in this necklace has some of *both* the pink and the ]light yellow swirly stuff in it.
sorry! yes - i missed the quote marks and didn't realize what it meant!
]Now, I do have a necklace, bought about 10 years ago, which was sold to me as ]"cherry quartz". It does not look ANYTHING like the stone currently being sold ]under that name; it's opaque and so dark I initially thought it was garnet. I ]have been given to understand that this *is* a natural, and very rare, ]coloration of quartz, related to the process that makes rose quartz. That may ]be what your gem & mineral club is talking about.
you would be right - yes, that sounds JUST like what the club was talking about.
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