Quartz Crystals - the Workhorse of the Crystal Kingdom

Quartz is one of the most common minerals on the Earth.  It is easily found on the ground here in Arizona and throughout the Southwest.  The Quartz Family displays an entire panoramic spectrum, in a dizzying array of colors. 

The following are all members of the Quartz Family and have unique colors and qualities:

Agate comes in many colors, can be banded or layered.
Amethyst is usually a lavender or pale red-violet although it is sometimes found darker, almost black
Aventurine is iridescent and available in dark green, light green, pink, white, red and even a blue.
Blue Quartz is typically found as a dull blue color.
Carnelian is a nice red-brown or orange-red color.

Chalcedony is found as a blue or gray color.
Citrine usually is a light yellow to gold-brown, different grades will have varying intensities.
Dendritic Agate comes as a white-gray with fern-like images.

Fossilized Wood comes in gray, brown, or red and a combination of those colors.
Bloodstone is a dark green color with red spots.
Jasper can be almost any color, and usually is striped or spotted.
Moss Agate is colorless with green inclusions.
Onyx is a black base with white upper layer so can be found as white stone or black stone.
Opal comes in a variety of colors - pink, white, red, yellow, opalescent.
Prasiolite is a leek-green color.

Rock Crystal is white to colorless.
Rose Quartz can be a strong pink varying to a very pale pink.
Sardonyx has various colors, usually a dark brown or blck with some white.
Smoky Quartz is brown to black, or a smoky gray color
Tigers Eye can be gold-yellow to brown, red, even blue, and a combination of all.

Quartz is indigenous to Earth, comprised of silicon dioxide which is one of the earth's most common mineral compounds. As humans, we also are made up of the Earth so is it any wonder that we resonate with Quartz so well?