Faceted Quartz: Creating a Galaxy Gem with Opal

Faceted quartz can create remarkable optical effects, especially when paired with colorful opal. Inspired by Earl Montgomery’s Space Gems, the Galaxy Gem combines a precisely faceted quartz gemstone with a small opal insert set into a concave culet. The result is a composite gemstone that can magnify, focus or create a kaleidoscope-like view of the […] The post Faceted Quartz: Creating a Galaxy…