Golden Blood Quartz 10mm Round Grade A - 15-16 inch 25mm **The strand pictured is banded

**The strand pictured is banded but the strand you receive may not be banded

The blue color

decays and is exposed to mineral-rich water

this semi to precious variety of quartz is found in many locations around the world

who first catalogued the stone in 1902

Golden Blood Quartz 10mm Round Grade A - 15-16 inch 25mm **The strand pictured is bandedEverything you loved about Blood Quartz is magnified in the A Grade version of the material. The quality and transparency of the Quartz almost makes the red spots (caused by iron and hematite) look suspended in time. Golden Blood Quartz is a clear to milky to white silicon dioxide mineral. Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone. Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization