Why use quartz as the main stone in a silver necklace?

Set raw and large, quartz shows its own growth geometry rather than a cut imposed on it. The silver frame is built around the crystal, so the stone stays the subject of the piece.

Are the crystals in these necklaces cut or polished?

No. Each kept its growth faces and terminations and is set in the shape it formed in. That is also why no two pieces repeat in shape or tone.

Where does the green and brown colour in quartz come from?

Trace elements and irradiation during growth, not treatment afterwards. Clear quartz is the base form of the same silicon dioxide.

How much does a STRUGA quartz crystal necklace cost?

These four are sold; their archive prices ran from $850 to $1,050, depending on the stone, each on a 75 cm chain. The price of a similar necklace is agreed with you on request. Shipping is worldwide.

Can a piece be remade once the stone is sold?

No, not the exact piece: the crystal existed once. A similar necklace, close in look, size and finish, with a new raw quartz of its own pattern and tone, can be requested; the price and timing are agreed with you.

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Quartz Crystal Jewelry

Q: Do these quartz stones have any special properties?

Not that we will claim. Quartz carries more folklore than any other stone, and all of it is cultural history rather than a property of the object.

Q: How do I clean silver jewelry with a raw quartz stone?

Cloth or silver cleaner on the metal, no ultrasonic cleaning. Raw quartz keeps internal fractures that ultrasound would find.

Four Classic Amulet necklaces in 925 silver around uncut clear, green and brown quartz, on a 75 cm chain. All sold: an archive, $850–$1,050. Handmade in Bali.

About this section

Raw crystal held open in 925 silver, set the way it grew.

Four Classic Amulet necklaces in 925 silver, each holding one uncut quartz crystal on a 75 cm chain.

All four are sold: this page is an archive of what was made, with archive prices from $850 to $1,050.

Colour comes from trace elements during growth, not from treatment afterwards.

No stone repeats, so the exact piece cannot be remade; a similar necklace around a new raw quartz can be requested, with the price and timing agreed with you, and it ships worldwide.

STRUGA quartz crystal jewelry is four Classic Amulet necklaces in 925 sterling silver, each holding one uncut quartz crystal on a 75 cm chain. All four have been sold, at prices from $850 to $1,050. Every stone is chosen individually, so no two necklaces repeat in shape or tone.

Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the earth's crust, which is exactly why it is usually treated as filler. Set raw and large, it stops being filler: at this scale you are looking at the crystal's own geometry rather than at a cut someone imposed on it. Each necklace was assembled by hand in Bali by master silversmiths around its own crystal.

Piece	Stone	Chain	Archive price
Classic Amulet — Clear Quartz	Clear quartz, uncut	75 cm	$850
Classic Amulet — Brown Quartz	Brown quartz, uncut	75 cm	$950
Classic Amulet — Green Quartz (alt)	Green quartz, uncut	75 cm	$950
Classic Amulet — Green Quartz	Green quartz, uncut	75 cm	$1,050

Where the colours come from

Green, brown, clear — the variation comes from trace elements and irradiation during growth, not from treatment afterwards. Clear quartz is the base form; the coloured varieties are the same silicon dioxide with something else caught inside.

Each stone here kept its growth faces and terminations. None were cut to a standard, which is why the frame is built around the crystal rather than the crystal ground down to fit a frame.

The silver around it

All four carry the Classic Amulet form: the stone held open, silver kept to a minimum. The frame is cast in 925 sterling silver and finished by hand, with no rhodium plating — the metal arrives light and darkens with air and skin.

What we do not claim

We do not sell energy, amplification, cleansing or healing. Quartz carries more folklore than any other stone, and all of it is cultural history rather than a property of the object. Meaning is something you bring.

Care

No ultrasonic cleaning — raw quartz keeps internal fractures that cutting would have removed. Cloth or silver cleaner on the metal, keeping liquid off the stone. Take the piece off before the pool.