How Much Do You Know About Quartz Crystal

Many earrings, rings, pendant or bracelet nowadays are made of quartz crystal. The quartz crystal is also a kind of material loved by designers because of its characteristic of transparent and colorless. However, despite the people who have the professions related to gem industry, only a few people know the basic knowledge about quartz crystal. Image that one day you go to the store to buy a quartz crystal ornament, but you cant even know how to definite the quality of it, how embarrass you will be. And if you dont acquaint with the knowledge about how to take care of your quartz crystal earrings, they will lose their radiance. So it is important for you to know this basic knowledge about quartz crystal.

Before we talk about how to clean your quartz crystal ornaments, we shall learn something about the criterion of crystal first. The criterion of quartz crystal is different with other gem like diamond. The criterion about diamond is all about its clarity, but to quartz crystal, its color is another significant aspect.
1.#Color. The color is very significant to every kind of diamond as well as the quartz crystal. If the quartz crystal has the color of pink, yellow or purple, the highest level of color criterion is that the quartz crystal must be bight and free of the color of grey, black or brown. If a piece of quartz crystal has the color of purple, it can be the best if it is purely purple. The yellow quartz crystal should be free of green or lemon. The transparent quartz crystal is much more expensive than the quartz crystal has a color of tea.
2.#Clarity. This criterion is different between other gem and quartz crystal. Since the diamond is very expensive, we demand it less in order not to reduce the output to much. However, we produce quartz crystal very much every year, so we want the quartz crystal to be free of any kind of flaw.
3.#Impurity. According to the second criterion, the price of quartz crystal will decrease if it has impurity inside. However, if the impurity has the shape of a particular object, such as the shape of god, it price will be much higher.

Then we talk about how to clean the quartz crystal. We can put the quartz crystal into a bowl with warm water and 10g salt for 24 hours fist. Then use a piece of dried cloth to dry it. This method can prevent the ornaments being polluted by microbe.