The Smoky Quartz

The smoky quartz is a variety of macrocrystalline quartz, which owes its color (all shades of brown) to the natural or induced irradiation of the aluminum salts it contains.
The color of a smoky quartz is due to the radioactivity of the natural environment in which it has grown, the gamma rays having modified the elements and impurities it contains. Brown, gray, dark gray, black, smoky quartz has several colors, rarely homogeneous throughout the crystal but rather distributed in bands parallel to the faces of the crystal.

A little history...

The Quartz takes its name from the ancient Greek krustallos which means ice in reference to the belief that quartz was ice formed by the Gods.
The smoky depths of this type of quartz inspired fortune-tellers and fortune-tellers, particularly in the 19th century: unlike rock crystal, perfectly limpid, smoky quartz assured them to keep invisible to laymen all the mysteries that revealed to them their divination balls…

Provenance

The main deposits exploited are found in Brazil, Madagascar, Scotland, Switzerland, Ukraine, France.

The Smoky Quartz in astrology

The morion, the darkest of smoky quartz, would be associated with Aries while the lighter varieties would be linked to the signs of Scorpio, Libra and Capricorn.

The Smoky Quartz in lithotherapy

The smoky quartz would be considered the stone of responsibility and refocusing.

Take care of your Smoky Quartz

The smoky quartz supports steam cleaning, but not ultrasonic cleaning.

Our selection of jewelry in Smoky Quartz

Necklace Alegria

€10,020.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ white gold and diamonds - Pedro Alves collection - Available in yellow gold or Rose gold 750 ‰.

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Necklace Angèle

€9,350.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ white gold and diamonds - Pedro Alves collection - Available in yellow gold or Rose gold 750 ‰.

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Necklace Alenka

€6,800.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ rose gold, diamonds and amethyst - Pedro Alves collection - Available in yellow gold or white gold 750 ‰ with smoky quart or citrine

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Necklace Alenka

€6,800.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ white gold, diamonds and amethyst - Pedro Alves collection - Available in yellow gold or Rose gold 750 ‰ with smoky quart or citrine

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Necklace Alenka

€6,800.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ yellow gold, diamonds and amethyst - Pedro Alves collection - Available in white gold or Rose gold 750 ‰ with smoky quart or citrine

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Necklace Calista

€28,490.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ white gold and diamonds- Amália collection.

Amália fell in love with this necklace and bracelet set in the jewelery of the Copacabana hotel, where she usually stays on her trips to Brazil.

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Necklace Calypso

€1,700.00

Necklace in 750 ‰ white gold - Bracelet and earrings available.

The countless trips and contact with the world gave Amália Rodrigues a keen aesthetic and critical sense. They gave it a cosmopolitan and contemporary image. But his immense national pride was never pinched. She has always been an ambassador for Portugal and proudly exhibited her traditions and heritage, also in jewelry, although molding them to her taste.

The earrings and bracelet are creations made from the replica of the necklace.

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