Gemstone profile and identification guide

Raspberry Quartz

Raspberry quartz is a trade term for red-pink quartz material, requiring treatment disclosure when applicable.

7 Mohs Raspberry Red, Pink Red Silicate (Quartz Trade Color Descriptor)

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Overview

Raspberry quartz is a trade term for red-pink quartz material, requiring treatment disclosure when applicable.

Did you know? Fruit-color quartz names are usually trade descriptors, not formal mineral varieties.

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Identification

Name: Raspberry Quartz

Scientific classification: Silicate (Quartz Trade Color Descriptor)

Hardness: 7 Mohs

Transparency: transparent

Lustre: vitreous

Crystal system: Trigonal

Primary colour: Raspberry Red

Secondary colour: Pink Red

Colour family: Reds

Trade naming requires checking whether color is natural, inclusion-based, or treatment-derived.

Verification Status

Status: verified-core-fields

Reference priority: GIA, Gem-A, Mindat, International Gem Society

Core identity, locality, and physical-property fields reviewed against standard gemological references.

Trade-name and treatment-sensitive entries include explicit disclosure notes where applicable.

Physical Properties

Hardness category: hard

Hardness value: 7 Mohs

Chemical composition: Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Crystal system: Trigonal

Common locations: Quartz sources and treatment centers globally

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Colour Variations

Quartz marketed in raspberry-red tones, natural or treated depending on product.

Optical effects: None specified in the current dataset.

Detailed Gemology

Mineral species: Quartz trade color category

Mineral group: Quartz group

Chemical formula: Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Mohs hardness: 7

Crystal system: Trigonal

Lustre: vitreous

Transparency: transparent

Streak: White

Cleavage: None

Fracture: Conchoidal

Specific gravity: 2.65

Refractive index: 1.544-1.553

Optical phenomena: None typically diagnostic

Colour range: Pink-red to raspberry-red

Common inclusions: Iron oxide inclusions, fractures, growth zoning

Geological environment: Hydrothermal quartz systems and treated trade products

Principal mining regions: Quartz sources and treatment centers globally

Important commercial sources: Raspberry quartz is a trade color descriptor and may include treated quartz products

Historical significance: Modern color-style quartz trade category.

Common treatments: Dyeing, irradiation, and heat can occur.

Synthetic or imitation forms: Colored glass and synthetic quartz imitations are common.

Common look-alikes: Rose quartz, fire quartz, dyed quartz

Jewellery uses: Raspberry Quartz is used chiefly for colour-focused affordable jewellery with disclosure.. In the trade it is commonly fashioned as faceted stones, calibrated cuts, and higher-clarity collector pieces, with Mohs hardness 7 guiding suitable jewellery applications.

Care recommendations: Quartz is durable; avoid prolonged high heat and verify treatment disclosure.

Cross-check profile data with GIA Gem Encyclopedia and Mindat entry for Raspberry Quartz.

Formation

Can be natural inclusion/colour-center quartz or treatment-enhanced quartz.

Origin

Raspberry quartz is a trade color descriptor and may include treated quartz products

Uses

Best for: Raspberry Quartz is used chiefly for colour-focused affordable jewellery with disclosure.. In the trade it is commonly fashioned as faceted stones, calibrated cuts, and higher-clarity collector pieces, with Mohs hardness 7 guiding suitable jewellery applications.

Ideal uses: Color-focused affordable jewelry with disclosure.

Care

Quartz is durable; avoid prolonged high heat and verify treatment disclosure.

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