Angel Aura Quartz Tower

A quartz point coated with platinum and silver, which gives it an iridescent shimmer.

  • The quartz is natural, the iridescence is a coating
  • Platinum and silver vapour, not a ground colour
  • An uncoated base is normal
  • Display it: the coating is microns thin

Price range: $12.90 through $19.90

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Light, but not full sun

The faces take the light one at a time, so a point on a shelf changes through the day. Keep it out of direct sun though: amethyst and rose quartz both fade.

Named, treatment and all

Undyed is written undyed. Where the colour comes from a metal coating, the page says so, because that is the part nobody else tells you.

No two points alike

Banding, colour zoning, a tip a degree off centre. That unevenness is what tells you it is stone and not resin, and it is why yours is yours.

Frequently asked questions

What is angel aura quartz?

Clear quartz that has been bonded with a fine metal vapour - usually platinum and silver - producing an iridescent surface sheen. The quartz is natural; the coating is applied.

Is it a natural stone?

The quartz is. The iridescence is not: it is a modern treatment, and anyone selling it as a naturally occurring colour is mistaken or worse. We would rather you knew.

Can it get wet?

Briefly, but not repeatedly. The coating is microscopically thin and wears at the points of contact over time.

Why are there marks on the base?

Where the piece rested during coating, the vapour does not reach. An uncoated or mottled base is normal on treated quartz.

Cut from rough, not grown

A tower starts as a block of rough stone. It is sawn to a rough shape, ground to its faces, then polished by hand through finer and finer grits. The faces are never perfectly equal and the point is rarely perfectly centred - that unevenness is what tells you it is stone and not resin.

A polished amethyst point on linen, its hand-ground faces visibly unequal in width

What the colour is telling you

Some of these stones are exactly what they look like. Others are quartz with a metal coating applied under heat, which is where the iridescent blues and violets come from. Neither is a lesser stone, but only one of them is a natural colour, and we say which is which on every listing.

A natural amethyst point beside a quartz point with an iridescent metal coating, under the same light
Angel Aura Quartz Tower
Angel Aura Quartz Tower Price range: $12.90 through $19.90