{"product_id":"smoky-quartz-cluster-sculpture-natural-crystal-decor-saea","title":"Rare Smoky Quartz Cluster Crystal Sculpture | SAÉA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNatural smoky quartz cluster.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use it as a decorative object on a coffee table, a console, a mantel, or a bookshelf. It is a low, wide piece, so it wants a surface with depth rather than a narrow ledge, and it reads best with nothing directly behind it. Set it so the points run across your line of sight rather than pointing at you. Warm light finds the brown. Cool light flattens it to grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmoky quartz is quartz that took damage. Aluminum settled into the lattice where silicon should have been, and radiation from the rock around it worked on that flaw over a stretch of time with no witnesses. The lattice kept the mark. That is the entire color. Nothing was added to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is milky and rough, broken where it came away. The points rise off it in a run, clear through the bodies and darkening toward the terminations where the color sat longest. Set it down and it takes the surface it is on. The books beside it stop being the thing you look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuartz is seven on the Mohs scale, harder than a steel blade, so dusting and handling will not mark the faces and it needs no sealing or oiling. The points are transparent enough to carry light down their length, which is why the tips brighten when the light is behind them and go dark when it is in front. Sun is the one real threat. Prolonged UV pales the smoke and does not bring it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLORE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Scotland it is cairngorm, cut from the Grampians and set into dirk hilts and the brooches of Highland dress for centuries. It was regalia long before it was a shop stone. Modern crystal practice treats it as a steadying piece and keeps it near a desk or a door. We make no claims about what a rock does to a person. This is what has been said about it, and the stone is older than the saying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSTRATA · VEIN · WEIGHT\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRATA\u003c\/strong\u003e — Natural smoky quartz. Silicon dioxide carrying aluminum in the lattice, colored by radiation from the surrounding rock over geologic time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVEIN\u003c\/strong\u003e — Milky white base, points running smoke brown to near-clear. The photograph is a guide to color, not a contract.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWEIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e — 2 lbs · 7\" x 3\" x 2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural smoky quartz cluster, uncut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilky white base with terminated smoke-brown points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e2 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e7\" x 3\" x 2\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of one. No two clusters run the same.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare: dust with a dry brush. Keep out of sustained direct sun; smoky quartz pales under prolonged UV.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIN THE BOX\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCotton tote\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-stamped story card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSAÉA — shelter · refugio · پناه\u003cbr\u003eMade by earth. Shaped by hand. Kept by you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAÉA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54667203018965,"sku":null,"price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/7628\/2581\/files\/smokyquartzcrystalsculpture.jpg?v=1787804036","url":"https:\/\/saeadesigns.com\/products\/smoky-quartz-cluster-sculpture-natural-crystal-decor-saea","provider":"SAÉA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}