Stacy Rucker at designbysunzen has given us permission to use her photo of a lovely pineapple
quartz and blue pearl necklace she has made. Thanks Stacy.
“ 'Fruit Quartz' are
a group of colourful, translucent materials which are known by names such as ‘cherry
quartz’, ‘blueberry quartz’, ‘strawberry quartz’, ‘kiwi quartz’ and ‘pineapple
quartz’. They are often made into jewellery or decorative objects.
They are synthetic materials that are essentially a form
of glass.
Similar varieties of natural quartz do exist but they are
very rare and expensive. Genuine pineapple quartz comes from Antsirabe,
Madagascar, and is a form of citrine with an unusual growth pattern of crystals
around its sides similar to pineapple fruit.”
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_quartz
And this photo by Rob Lavinsky was available through Creative Commons on Wiki. Thanks Rob.
Robyn,
who creates “handmade jewellery with meaning and spirit”, believes pineapple
quartz has healing and metaphysical qualities. If you are interested check out
her website at:
Eating rocks in
Kenya!
I
had to include this somehow – our niece Alice, in Kenya, wrote in her blog last
year about some chewable clay that pregnant women in Africa enjoy! Yum, I
wonder if you can buy a pineapple flavoured variety? Anne.
http://aliceclintontravels.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/big-five-of-the-week-vii/
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