Florida beaches like Siesta are famed for their white, powdery, soft sand. ... It is almost 100 percent pure quartz crystal, with each grain of nearly identical size.

Cheryl Rey, curator and manager of Crystalarium, sits on a one-ton, $45,000 amethyst throne. The West Hollywood gem store has sold four crystal thrones in recent months.

To say that finding quartz at the Crystal Peak mine is easy is an understatement. A harder task would be avoiding the crystals, as you can’t take more than a few steps without kicking one.

A stunning beach has been named as one of the world's best, thanks to its breathtaking views and pristine white sand. Florida's Siesta Key Beach, located in Sarasota, has been ranked as the second ...

Kashmir White granite is primarily composed of white feldspar and quartz, with distinctive red garnet crystals. This is not actually a granite, but a metamorphic rock. (New) Venetian Gold granite ...

Star fitness instructor Taryn Toomey, who also has a jewelry line made of crystals favorited by actresses like Jennifer Aniston, embedded amethyst, clear quartz, and rose quartz beneath the floors ...

That’s because there’s only one mineral in the sand there: pure white quartz crystal. The prettiest of these white-sand beaches, according to Stephen Leatherman (Dr. Beach), is Siesta Key ...

In their pure form, quartz crystals are clear, but you can find other colors too, including milky white, pink, reddish orange and purple. If you hang around crystal collectors long enough ...