Frostbloom Clear Quartz Ring
Sterling Silver · Quartz
CDN $125
The story of quartz
Quartz grows deep in the earth from silica and heat, building itself atom by atom into six-sided crystals that end in a natural point. It is the most common crystal on the planet, yet a clear, flawless piece has always been treasured: the ancient Greeks called it krystallos, ice, believing it was water frozen so hard it could never melt.
Pure quartz is as clear as water. Traces of other minerals, natural radiation and heat give it colour, and each colour has its own name: violet amethyst, golden citrine, smoky quartz in shades of brown and grey, soft pink rose quartz, and blue quartz, whose colour comes from fine mineral fibres held inside the crystal.
In Persian, clear rock crystal is called dorr-e kuhi, the pearl of the mountain, and it has long been cut, carved and set across Iran. At Ashayer, every quartz is set by hand by silversmiths in Iran, faceted or polished to make the most of how it holds and returns the light.
