Quartz

Quartz earrings hand cut and polished. Set in Gold Plat

Center stone is approximately 1" x 1" 23mm x 23mm

Quartz is a naturally occurring mineral composed of silicon and oxygen (SiO₂). It is the most common mineral in the Earth's crust and forms deep within the Earth under intense heat and pressure. It is found and mined globally, with the world's highest-purity deposits coming from Spruce Pine, North Carolina. As molten magma cools over millions of years, silica and oxygen atoms bond together to crystallize into quartz. It is a major component of igneous rocks like granite.