Madagascar rose quartz bracelet. Hands-down GORGEOUS AAA-grade 10.5mm purple-pink rose quartz beads and with varying degrees of crystallization and color!

Note: You can choose to not have a pendant hanger on your bracelet. You can also have your bracelet made with silvery stainless steel or gold-plated stainless steel hardware. Sterling silver gemstone pendants and charms are NOT included but can be found in the “Gemstone Pendants” section of my shop.

NOTICE: These are GENUINE gemstones! In addition to using genuine gemstones, I also use durable components that will outlast every elastic bracelet on the market. Elastic bracelets will wear out quickly and break, whereas my bracelets will give you years of wear!

Ladies, these are some GORGEOUS rose quartz beads, mined in Madagascar and displaying EXCELLENT patterns of crystallization from translucent to opaque and from the softest pink to darker pinkish-purple hues! I was so overwhelmed when I first received these beads from my vendor that I literally placed another order within minutes! They are MAGNIFICENT! Rose quartz generally occurs in softer pink shades and are uniform in appearance. THESE beads have depth and character and are simply top-shelf! I’m so excited to share them with you, because these are special and different! If you love rose quartz, these will knock your socks off!

I’m offering this bracelet with or without a stainless steel pendant hanger if you wish to add a charm or pendant to make YOUR bracelet one-of-a-kind, but this bracelet easily shows off all by itself! The 10.5mm beads are 100% natural and untreated and are the perfect size for showing off this quartz’s unique crystallization patterns and beautiful range of colors! As always, I made these bracelets using durable stainless steel hardware for maximum durability and longevity, and I strung these beauties on a double strand of woven silk and polyester Chinese knotting string (as always!), so this bracelet is strong and suitable for daily wear! Don’t pass this one up if you love it, because this is as fine as rose quartz gets!

“If it’s not good enough for me, then it’s not good enough for my customers. If I wouldn’t wear it, it doesn’t belong in my shop.” - Heather Constable 

Why I Love It: Pink is my favorite color, from gentle soft pink to raucous neon pink and all shades of pink in between! It’s just natural for me, then, to be drawn to pink gemstones, among which is rose quartz. Rose quartz contains mineral silicate inclusions, and those inclusions are what give rose quartz its soft pink color. Interestingly, these mineral inclusions formed in lines, or fibers, that aligned in the direction that the quartz crystal grew. If you were to look at a specimen of rose quartz under a powerful microscope, you would see pinkish fibers of borosilicate minerals running in parallel lines through the stone. The vast majority of rose quartz is therefore opaque (not transparent), but rarer rose quartz specimens can be more translucent and can even display “stars” when formed into spheres. 

Besides the facts that rose quartz is a gemstone that occurs in my favorite color and that I find its aligned borosilicate inclusions an interesting characteristic, I appreciate rose quartz for its varying shades of pink. While most rose quartz is light pink, some truly beautiful rose quartz specimens that are  pinkish-purple to mauve have come from mines in Madagascar. Due to their comparative scarcity they are several times more expensive and valuable than Brazilian rose quartz.

The lesson I take away from rose quartz is that all specimens of it are undeniably beautiful irrespective of their shade of pink. I feel the same about people as I do about rose quartz - that no matter their skin color, no matter where on this planet they were born, no matter their nationality or religion - ALL people are beautiful! I can even find something beautiful about an individual who behaves in an ugly manner or who speaks with a cruel tongue, because I choose to see what is good about them rather than what is “bad” or “wrong”. It’s not always easy, and I don’t look for a positive because I’m nobler or kinder than the next guy; rather, I find something beautiful about them because I know that God’s love for them is equal to the love He has for me! I am FAR from perfect, so I have no business viewing others through critical eyes! When I internationally envision myself standing on equal ground with everybody else , it’s much easier for me to not look down on others! 

lnformation About This Gemstone:  Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals on earth. If you pick up a handful of sand on the beach or a handful of dirt in your front yard, it’s almost a given that it will contain a large amount of tiny quartz granules. Quartz occurs in a host of colors in addition to pink, and clear quartz crystals that contain other minerals - and sometimes even a trapped pocket of water with a tiny air bubble or two! - are quite valuable as gemstones and as collectors’ specimens.

Most rose quartz comes from Brazil, where  mines produce consistently well-formed crystals that are shaped into beads, decorative spheres and carvings. Smaller deposits of rose quartz have been found in India and Sri Lanka, and even on the island of Madagascar! Rose quartz ranks at 7 on the Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness, making it a hardy mineral that is good for use in jewelry items. It is additionally a good choice for stone carvers and jewelers because it has no cleavage, which is an internal plane or planes within a stone that allows it to break in a smooth line when struck against a harder material (as opposed to breaking or cracking in a random jagged manner). Having no cleavage, it’s not going to crack or split while it’s being carved or set into jewelry, making it a very forgiving stone to work with   for beginner stone carvers and apprentice stone setters!

Fun facts: Rose quartz can grow into very large crystals weighing hundreds of carats! Such crystals are a favorite of stone carvers, who shape the crystals into animals, geometric shapes and decorative ornaments that showcase this mineral’s pretty pink color. “Rose quartz” is the familiar name for this mineral, but mineralogists haven’t given it an agreed-upon mineral name like many other minerals have (moonstone’s mineral name is adularia, Finnish labradorite’s mineral name is spectrolite, crystallized hydrated calcium sulfate is called selenite, etc.). Because it contains a borosilicate material that isn’t seen in other minerals, mineralogists don’t know quite what to call it! So among geologists and mineralogists it’s generically known as “pink quartz”.