Rose quartz is a pale pink to deep rose-pink massive quartz crystal. It is transparent to translucent and commonly has milk drop-like gaseous inclusions, giving the crystal a milky transparency. There are sometimes parallel needle-like inclusions, and polishing the crystal surface along the parallel inclusions results in a starlight or cat’s eye effect (Fig. 22).
Rose quartz
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(2020). Rose Quartz. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2111
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