Category : Quartz

Permission, protected sites, sensible tools and safety on old mine ground — how to collect quartz in the UK legally and come home with good specimens.

Clear quartz, amethyst and rose quartz are the same mineral in three very different moods. Here's how they compare on looks, hardness, uses and care.

Six practical home tests — shape, temperature, inclusions, scratch, double refraction and weight — that reveal whether a quartz point is genuine or just glass or resin.