Quartz Dragon Carving 37mm — AAAA Grade, Hand Carved heart gift Two Herkimer Diamonds grown together

Two Herkimer Diamonds grown together

and you get either plain clear quartz or a crystal with no clean phantom outline at all

which is exactly why it earned the merchant's stone nickname among traders who kept it close at hand

A closer look at this specimen

or applying lotions

Quartz Dragon Carving 37mm — AAAA Grade, Hand Carved heart gift Two Herkimer Diamonds grown togetherA quartz dragon carving, 37mm by 35mm and 64g, worked in AAAA grade clear quartz with no inclusions, its coiled form drawn from traditional Chinese and Japanese dragon design. Why is quartz specifically favoured for detailed animal carvings over softer stones? Hardness matters enormously once fine detail is involved. Quartz sits at 7 on the Mohs scale, hard enough that scales, claws, and other small carved features hold their sharpness through years