mags3224
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Hi all dont know if this gem medusa quartz has been talked about before but imho i think it looks like a stone with mould in it cant see the attraction at all if you do like this please dont take offense. mags
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Each to their own Mags, but I'm with you on this, YUK!!!
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argeybargey
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Yes Mags but its very, very rare <a href="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smileycentral.com%252F%253Fpartner%253DZSzeb008%255FZNxpt484YYGB%2526i%253D36%252F36%255F19%255F2%2526feat%253Dprof/page.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_2.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_19_2%2526uiv%253D3.0/image.gif"></a> and it's so big you can see it!
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Not to my taste either. It'd look a lot better without those blue bits in it! I can't understand why Tony Diniz said he wanted to call it Paraiba Quartz; what a load of old cobblers! :56:
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I quite agree - yuk!
They have put it in some lovely settings, but I can just imagine the "future generations" to which is will be passed down saying "flippin' 'eck - what on earth is THIS?"
They have put it in some lovely settings, but I can just imagine the "future generations" to which is will be passed down saying "flippin' 'eck - what on earth is THIS?"
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can some one link me please cause i cant see any
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Sorry Ian - can't find anything, it's probably been overshadowed by the bling on your t-shirt <a href="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smileycentral.com%252F%253Fpartner%253DZSzeb008%255FZNxpt484YYGB%2526i%253D1055%2526feat%253Dprof/page.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/1055.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D1055%2526uiv%253D3.0/image.gif"></a>
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lol argey that was funny
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I just googled it so I could comment - here's a link for you puzzled peeps above:
http://www.jewelrytelevision.com/index.aspx?tid=7362&N=50+4294964068&mcid=XSN0001000133
I can't say I love it, can't say it's dreadful, but I doubt I'd spend money on one. It very much reminds me of a nicer version of the Strawberry Quartz loose stones Rocks TV have been showing recently. I'm afraid I found those repulsive - looked diseased to me!!! Sorry to anyone who bought one or loves it, but that's been my instinctive reaction.
http://www.colouredrocks.com/i-gm454/strawberry-quartz/
http://www.jewelrytelevision.com/index.aspx?tid=7362&N=50+4294964068&mcid=XSN0001000133
I can't say I love it, can't say it's dreadful, but I doubt I'd spend money on one. It very much reminds me of a nicer version of the Strawberry Quartz loose stones Rocks TV have been showing recently. I'm afraid I found those repulsive - looked diseased to me!!! Sorry to anyone who bought one or loves it, but that's been my instinctive reaction.
http://www.colouredrocks.com/i-gm454/strawberry-quartz/
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Hello Everyone:
For those that don’t know me, I’m one of the gem people behind Rocks & Co. and the author of ‘The Clever Gem Buyer’ http://www.rocksandco.com/book2/books.asp.
While beauty is always subjective, the wonderful thing about coloured gemstones is that there is literally something for everyone. In the case of rare exotic gemstones like Medusa Quartz, a little information might help you understand why this geological curiosity is so special.
Medusa Quartz is a variety of macrocrystalline (large crystal) Quartz, a group which also includes Amethyst, Citrine, Rose Quartz and Tiger’s Eye. Gem-quality Quartz crystals containing interesting blue to green inclusions were discovered in Paraíba State, Brazil, in August 2004. Since then this gem has also been discovered in the neighbouring state of Rio Grande do Norte. Some of these blue to green inclusions occurred in the colourless cores of the crystals with shapes reminiscent of jellyfish. The overall appearance, similar to a floating colony of jellyfish, coined the name ‘Medusa Quartz’, after the typical bell-shaped appearance of the free-floating (medusa) stage of Rhizostoma Pulmo, an attractive but venomous jellyfish. The identification of the jellyfish-like inclusions was performed at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, where they were found to be the mineral gilalite, containing silicon and copper as the only major elements along with traces of potassium and magnesium. Interestingly, copper and manganese are also responsible for the blue and green colours of Paraíba Tourmaline. This is the first reported occurrence of gilalite in Quartz of gemmological interest. Gilalite is named after Gila County Arizona where it was first discovered.
While Quartz is known to have attractive inclusions (e.g. rutile and dendrite inclusions), Medusa Quartz is quite different in form and nature from other blue inclusions in Quartz, such as papagoite or lazulite. Not only are they a striking vivid blue reminiscent of the neon colours of Paraíba Tourmaline, but they are also unusually and attractively shaped. Melusina, the “blue bits” define this gem, without them it would just be White Quartz.
The Paraíba connection is actually quite apt. Due to the colour of its inclusions and the location of its discovery, the miners who initially found this material (quite understandably) thought it was Paraíba Tourmaline; hence the colloquial names ‘Paraíba Quartz’ or ‘Medusa Paraíba Quartz’. Just note that these common names are technically incorrect as they could infer the gem is or contains Tourmaline, which it does not.
Why would I buy this gem? Only discovered in 2004, Medusa Quartz is interesting for the collector due to its unusual (and for me, attractive) appearance, extreme rarity (it is geologically very scarce and thus in very limited supply) and in my opinion, a very cool name. For more information I suggest reading “Medusa Quartz with gilalite inclusions”, Gems & Gemmology, Fall 2005, Volume 41, Issue 3.
I hope this helps and as always, please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Best Wishes,
Gav
For those that don’t know me, I’m one of the gem people behind Rocks & Co. and the author of ‘The Clever Gem Buyer’ http://www.rocksandco.com/book2/books.asp.
While beauty is always subjective, the wonderful thing about coloured gemstones is that there is literally something for everyone. In the case of rare exotic gemstones like Medusa Quartz, a little information might help you understand why this geological curiosity is so special.
Medusa Quartz is a variety of macrocrystalline (large crystal) Quartz, a group which also includes Amethyst, Citrine, Rose Quartz and Tiger’s Eye. Gem-quality Quartz crystals containing interesting blue to green inclusions were discovered in Paraíba State, Brazil, in August 2004. Since then this gem has also been discovered in the neighbouring state of Rio Grande do Norte. Some of these blue to green inclusions occurred in the colourless cores of the crystals with shapes reminiscent of jellyfish. The overall appearance, similar to a floating colony of jellyfish, coined the name ‘Medusa Quartz’, after the typical bell-shaped appearance of the free-floating (medusa) stage of Rhizostoma Pulmo, an attractive but venomous jellyfish. The identification of the jellyfish-like inclusions was performed at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, where they were found to be the mineral gilalite, containing silicon and copper as the only major elements along with traces of potassium and magnesium. Interestingly, copper and manganese are also responsible for the blue and green colours of Paraíba Tourmaline. This is the first reported occurrence of gilalite in Quartz of gemmological interest. Gilalite is named after Gila County Arizona where it was first discovered.
While Quartz is known to have attractive inclusions (e.g. rutile and dendrite inclusions), Medusa Quartz is quite different in form and nature from other blue inclusions in Quartz, such as papagoite or lazulite. Not only are they a striking vivid blue reminiscent of the neon colours of Paraíba Tourmaline, but they are also unusually and attractively shaped. Melusina, the “blue bits” define this gem, without them it would just be White Quartz.
The Paraíba connection is actually quite apt. Due to the colour of its inclusions and the location of its discovery, the miners who initially found this material (quite understandably) thought it was Paraíba Tourmaline; hence the colloquial names ‘Paraíba Quartz’ or ‘Medusa Paraíba Quartz’. Just note that these common names are technically incorrect as they could infer the gem is or contains Tourmaline, which it does not.
Why would I buy this gem? Only discovered in 2004, Medusa Quartz is interesting for the collector due to its unusual (and for me, attractive) appearance, extreme rarity (it is geologically very scarce and thus in very limited supply) and in my opinion, a very cool name. For more information I suggest reading “Medusa Quartz with gilalite inclusions”, Gems & Gemmology, Fall 2005, Volume 41, Issue 3.
I hope this helps and as always, please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Best Wishes,
Gav
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Meeshoo
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Thanks for the info Gav.
As a collector of rare gemstones, for me, they also have to have beauty (or at least an appeal) and a blue spotty dalmation gemstone just doesn't rock my world!!! I can't imagine wearing that gemstone and showing it off with pride. I'd be more likely to hide it in a draw never to be seen again!
Oh well, each to his own!!!!!
As a collector of rare gemstones, for me, they also have to have beauty (or at least an appeal) and a blue spotty dalmation gemstone just doesn't rock my world!!! I can't imagine wearing that gemstone and showing it off with pride. I'd be more likely to hide it in a draw never to be seen again!
Oh well, each to his own!!!!!
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Thanks for the post Gavin, as usual, full of information, but sorry, I still don't like it!!
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Thanks Gav for that very intresting and informative infomation
