Beads of Bali

Rutilated quartz is quartz with rutile inclusion. Rutile is a titanium ore. Rutilzed quartz contains rutile crystals, which resember tiny needles.  To some, these needles look like little veins of gold.  Rutilized quartz cannot easily be polished to a smooth surface because the quartz and rutile are of different hardnesses. As a result, polished surfaces tend to have small pits. Rutilized quartz beads can nevertheless be very pretty.