Green Quartz Different to Green Aventurine
Although sometimes looked upon as being the same stone, green quartz is different to green aventurine. Green quartz is correctly known as prase although the name is not used that often.
Prasiolite is another green variety of quartz but due to its rarity, the vast majority is produced by heating amethyst. The stone is often referred to as green amethyst which is a misnomer because amethyst only occurs in shades of purple. Any other colour and it's not amethyst.
The colour of these green quartz tumbled stones is natural and has been caused by inclusions of green coloured minerals within the stone's crystal structure.
The size of our green quartz tumbled stones varies slightly from piece to piece but they're classed as a medium sized stone. Due to the difference in size we've split them into small and medium.
These crystals are highly polished and exhibit a vitreous lustre which is the most common type of lustre seen in minerals. Stones with this kind of lustre reflect light in a similar way to glass.
Empathic warriors are stones which have at some point in time sustained some kind of damage, usually a chip or fracture. With rocks and minerals having evolved over millions of years we do not believe in throwing them away. These pieces are available to buy at a significantly reduced price. Empathic warriors are not always available. More information can be found in our article on empathic warrior crystals.
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