Natural quartz coated in vaporized titanium—the whole visible spectrum locked in crystal.Titanium quartz is natural clear quartz (silicon dioxide, Mohs 7) bonded with a thin layer of vaporized titanium through a process called Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD): the quartz is placed in a vacuum chamber and titanium atoms are deposited onto the surface at high temperature, creating a permanent iridescent coating that refracts light into the full visible spectrum. The underlying crystal structure is unchanged; the color is optical, not dye. This piece is a raw cluster form, preserving the natural termination points.Clear quartz is one of the most widely distributed minerals on earth and is associated in the chakra tradition with all seven energy centers. In metaphysical practice it is considered a clarifying and amplifying stone.A cluster that photographs differently in every light—and displays well in any of them.
