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Beautiful polished quartz crystal from Brazil, highly transparent, perfectly round, with rainbow iridescence, superb. The name 'bergkristal' is derived from the Greek word "Krustallos" which means ice. It was believed that quartz crystal was ice shaped by the gods. In the Mesolithic era, quartz crystal was already known. During Roman times it was marketed from the Alps under the name "petrified ice." Theophrastus called it "krystallos." Pliny the Elder also mentions it. The name 'quartz' was introduced in 1529 by Georgius Agricola. Peoples from the East regarded quartz crystal as the stone of patience and perfection. Tibetans use quartz crystal to treat wounds. The choice of quartz crystal as a drinking glass or as part of medieval jewelry can be attributed to the belief that these crystals would crack or discolor when they came into contact with poison. Thus the chain became an amulet that protected the king. To be sent by registered and insured mail.

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