Quartz var. Smoky (color-enhanced)

Item Description

This is a gorgeous and lustrous smoky quartz, of the kind that the mines here sell for decorative use to fancy interior designers and the public, all over the world. It comes out clear, and is treated in Nashville with a radiation source of cobalt-60, that changes the clear quartz into this gorgeous black-amber color. Please note - we offer this as a decor piece, not a natural mineral specimen; as an educational example of what they can do with the material from this mine to sell to the stores where this ends up valued very highly in New York or LA. Often, it is sold in high end outlets for design and decor as real, not treated. It can go for astronomical prices, in fact, in some venues. We want to be clear that we do not put a high value on this, advising it should really not sell for over $500-750, although they go for more in retail shops.