Milky quartz

ETYMOLOGY: QUARTZ = comes from the Greek word "kristallos" meaning ice and "Hard" in Slavic. MILKY = a white color.

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal.

PRINCIPLE OF FORMATION: Primary.

CLASS MINERAL: Oxides, quartz group.

MINERAL ELEMENTS CHEMICAL FORMULA: SiO2.

HARDNESS: 7 on the Mohs scale.

FIELDS: Worldwide, the main site is located in Brazil.

MINERALOGY: Quartz is a mineral composed of silica, white quartz is a macrocrystalline variety with small inclusions and gases which are what give it its appearance, its crystals are hexagonal and has many faces.

MYTHOLOGY: The Italian Paolo Baldi has used a large block of white quartz from a quarry of the Amazon to make a luxury bath measuring two meters long and fifty-five wide. San Francisco (California) there is a singular pyramidal called Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper modern facade with its pyramid shape is made with pieces of white quartz.

PROPERTIES: Help to realize our own potential, facilitates the expression of neutral and objective, makes us prudent and cautious, provides power where needed, makes us collaborators people is excellent for meditation.

CHAKRAS: Crown, throat.

ZODIAC SIGN: all zodiac signs.

USES: Optical instruments, jewelry, building material, watches, collection, meditation.