[Jewelry making - Article 00632] - Re: [Orchid] Blue quartz

[Beth Rosengard]

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Hi Teri (and Ringman),

>         I was under the opinion that blue quartz was called topaz lol 
>     That topaz(a quartz) had to be treated to produce blue ...so this
>     natural blue quartz confuses me... 

    Topaz is NOT a quartz!  It is an entirely different mineral.  Blue
    topaz is indeed treated (heat and radiation), but it starts life as
    white or brown topaz (not any kind of quartz).  Blue quartz is either
    natural (uncommon) or dyed (usually), as previously discussed on this
    thread.  There are, by the way, occurrences of natural blue topaz as
    well; in these cases, the "treatments" were done by nature (sun and
    earth). 

Beth

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