Clear Quartz: Real or Fake?

We all know that quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earths crust, so there really shouldn't be any reason to fake it. However when we talk about cut and polished clear quartz as points and spheres, that is when we can run into fakes.
In this video I describe and give tips on what I personally look out for when purchasing clear quartz crystals.
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[@igcometa]

Just what i need. Clear, quick and simple explaination.

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you, I am so pleased you found this video helpful 🙂

[@naveedullah5923]

@@emsastrogems i have some quartz

[@allanderek4631]

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[@kairomalachi255]

@Allan Derek definitely, I have been using instaflixxer for years myself =)

[@Internet-RobloxandRoblox]

bruh just go to the nether you wont find fake quartz there

[@emsastrogems]

Brilliant! I wish I had thought of that 😁

[@jimmym1453]

THIS IS NOT A MINECRAFT VIDEO YOU IDIOTS

[@FunFitandWell]

“Nether”? Is that a place?

[@michaelbuble100]

Would be very helpful if you use a fake crystal on test over the text, how it magnified.

[@emsastrogems]

Yes, with hindsight, I would have to agree with you.

[@steelersnation7239]

I have two large quartz crystal I've had for several years but I really did not know if they were authentic or glass. After watching this video and how to distinguish the difference I finally discovered that one is actually glass and the other one is real. Once again THANK YOU. 🙏

[@missmjl2468]

Oh dear. Seems I have a bit of glass

[@jessyd1020]

Me too 😔

[@cleopatrademers2395]

Me too. I'm very disappointed. 😞

[@jenineevinger]

Same and I bought it from a trusty seller 😔

[@christinem2511]

Several of her points were either wrong or misleading.

[@Julia-zz3gl]

Thanks for explaining that the fake was Calcite. I love Calcite, especially Orange, but when looking for Quartz Crystal I need to receive what I've bought. I can tell the glass cons but didn't know about that con.

[@doola1609]

When you were comparing the noises they make when tapping them together... Wouldn't tapping on the glass jar make a ting ting sound because of the thin glass and it being hollow? Like.. if you had a big thick chunk of glass sitting there and you tapped on it, would that also make a ting ting noise? I would have guessed no, I'd say it'd be a lot deeper sound

[@kristinar4752]

I am also wondering does the size of the quartz matter. I have really small clear quartzes and the sound is much higher when I tap them together.

[@melodymaynard66]

I’ve always been suspicious because I’ve seen them with cellophane in the middle to look like inclusions but you can’t really tell when looking at it unless someone tells you😓

[@aruald7359]

This was weirdly calming and somewhat the ambience was nostalgic..lol

[@raggynola]

Thank you for this video. I noticed in an earlier comment that you said your clear quartz sphere also magnifies words. Is this also the case with the fake sphere that you showed at the end too?

[@starlight3872]

I bought two spheres from China through Wish. I saw a mineralist or gemologist and he said it was real. The price was decent. For a 90mm obsidian sphere,it was about maybe 60-80 bucks. And 90 bucks for the white quartz.

[@goldenmythic8649]

I dont know what i just found but i think its a large amount of salt stuck inside a rock But im not sure yet if it is Quartz or not

[@tay1307]

Your voice is so calming. Thanks for educating me, I will use this information in my next purchase 💕

[@tassiavibes5719]

HI, thanks for this video. But, can you make a comparison with an actual fake crystal? was there any fake ones in your video? I got confused.

[@Ramyunssaem]

Same here :s

[@taliab.7329]

tysm for this! i’m still unsure if the quartz i have is real because it doesn’t pass the magnification test, but on every other front seems totally real??

[@hockeygaming1764]

MINE IS THE SAME WAY, it passes every test but the magnification test

[@taliab.7329]

Hockey Gaming ive decided mine are real because basically from watching a couple of other videos from tiktok and here, physics wis, it makes sense that magnification / warping of stuff placed under quartz pieces shaped certain ways would occur!!

[@hobo5423]

I have an egg shaped clear quartz and it magnifies and warps but sounds like one 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@tranquility9325]

I have a clear quartz with no inclusions. Obviously, it tends to be more expensive than quartz with inclusions.

[@FunFitandWell]

I heard the energy when you hit them against one another!! Very helpful (: thank you 😊

[@viviannereynoso3591]

I wish you showed a false quarts to read a book

[@viviannereynoso3591]

The glass example was perfect - thank you!

[@emsastrogems]

Yes, I should've done. I completely agree with you.

[@ceroltugnao2701]

I bought clear quartz bracelet, it does scratch glass but it magnify letters.. is it fake ?

[@migglep]

oh my goodness, this was so helpful!!! Thank you so much!!

[@emsastrogems]

That's great to hear! I'm really pleased that you found this video useful 😊

[@LittleLulubee]

You have such a good eye for picking gorgeous pieces ❤️❤️

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you so much x

[@lolleesparklez1285]

Those spheres are Beautiful 🥰

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you 😊

[@Ashley__Rose]

So some real clear quartz based on its shape can magnify words in a book?

[@ShoopufOfficial]

hi thank you so much you saved me from buying fake ones. love x

[@emsastrogems]

I'm really pleased to hear that! Thank you x

[@robpolo9228]

You said clear quartz will feel very cold, is it still supposed to feel cold when it touches your body heat for a certain amount of time?

[@lynnepostings]

From my experience I've noticed that it takes a very long time to warm up when held. May not take quite so long with much smaller pieces

[@michiganmexican486]

Well wich is it the crystal will or will not magnify words?

[@markrouse2416]

The Chinese grow lots of quartz which can be energy intensive and costly for growing it here, however in China energy is thought of as so much coal. I have a seeded piece of quartz I bought off of Ebay to shut up the doubters I know.

[@capricorndragon7249]

The glass sounds different because its hollow.

[@GeologyDude]

Nice talk. One minor note. Calcite has a hardness of 2.5-3.0. But you explained everything very well. Thanks!

[@jonathonlafave3698]

Alright, I'm following you because I have lots and lots of stones and gems. I wish I could exchange emails with someone lol. So I could send pictures n videos to someone that knows more than me on this subject. I'm on Reddit but eh.. people think everything is Slag....lol

[@lachimolala8870]

Thank you so much for this video. I was going to buy some and i didn't know how to pick the real ones thank you so much you're a life saver. Can you please make a video for black obsidian too? I really want to buy one but It's really hard to pick the real one. If you could it would be really helpful. Thank you! May God bless you! ❤

[@jimmymcgill2557]

2:08 - great video! 😊 just to add Calcite is a 3 not a 4 for hardness, could you please clarify something for me though as you said real Quartz will not magnify letters in a book but then said a hexagonal shaped crystal will magnify the words? thank you :)

[@samsule8339]

can recommend where to buy clear quartz

[@davecarti3881]

Hello,very nice video but i need to say something,you say that there s an high probability that completly trasparent quartz are fake,but isn t the reality,i personally find way moore than 5.000quartz in all Switzerland and are completley trasparent in a lot of time,i later personally cut in gemstone and i have like 300 or moore "Flawless" grade quartz,directly find by me 😊

[@Adeeaaa]

But does glass scratch glass? What if my "quartz" is actually glass and glass scartches glass?

[@mman6283]

Dude a glass jar with rocks in it of course he's not going to sound like a solid piece of glass

[@mishkaallen9682]

Mine is spikey and has some pink crystal attached and a grey area? I was given it by a healer how can I tell? X

[@pauldomfree]

Hi! I’m new to crystals and I find them amazing! Could you please tell me the book you’re using in this video ? Thanks a bunch

[@emsastrogems]

Hi there! The book I was using in this video is 'The Crystal Bible' by Judy Hall. I hope this helps 😊

[@pauldomfree]

@@emsastrogems thank you and thank you for the quick reply !! 👌🏻👍🏻☺️

[@kamilebal817]

thank you! it's was very helpfull for me! i never knew about sound test, i tried it and i can hear HUGE difference. Know i know that my quartz is real:)

[@charlz0]

YESSSSSSS i just forund a quartz crystle in some stones in my garden!! thank you so much for making me know this is a real quartz!!!🤪😄

[@ivanantich440]

very helpful! Love your content 🙌🏻💜 what’s the name of the book you were using as an example on the video?

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you so much 😊 The book is 'The Crystal Bible' by Judy Hall.

[@ivanantich440]

@@emsastrogems AMAZING! Thanks a lot! Keep up the great content

[@lynnepostings]

Such a informative/useful video ! Didn't know about the clear calcite. Thank you 💕

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you! I am so glad you found the video helpful 😊

[@ХУРЭЛБААТАРОЧИР-е4у]

It’s really sad how people makes fake things. If you in NYC area. Come to my store. Tsagaan Ochir art. 59 Carmine street. I have real if the real. Bit expensive tho. Good luck guys. I love you lady We shall trust lady with no nail polish 💅. Thank you millions. 🙏🙏🙏

[@gwenscott535]

Real quartz are full of cracks and other issues for the manufactoring of technology. so they found a way to use the natural quartz as seed to creature synthetic quartz which has a higher purity level and is used in electronics.

[@rigavitch]

Is it possible to make fake quartz clusters? Mine look like white glass...

[@AUGGHAHAHA]

If clear quartz is the most common crystal in earths crust why would you fake it?!

[@ace-7204]

My clear quartz sounds like it’s real but you can’t see through it because there are a lot of scratches that you can literally feel with your hand can anybody help me?

[@shine7103]

Hello, I mayy be late but, is quartz heavy? I bought a Quartz but idk if its real.

[@lynnepostings]

I think it is one of the heavier crystals . . It certainly isn't light compared to other stones ... even the smaller ones feel quite heavy for their size

[@shine7103]

@@lynnepostings yea its cursed

[@lynnepostings]

@@shine7103 What's a "tough guy" like you doing on a girlie crystal channel ? 😄😂🤣 Cursed you by any chance ?! ☻

[@shine7103]

@@lynnepostings yea don't but weird rocks

[@lynnepostings]

@@shine7103 Yeah ... you do seem to ! 🤡

[@christianjamesperalta6735]

I have a question about the sound check of the clear quartz crystal will it be the same with other crystals because I want to know if my other crystals are real or it will be only for clear quartz?

[@rproductions7346]

Well. In my case my crystals have all the conditions of a real one. However I can see very small dots that look like bubbles instead of inclusions. It's hard, heavy, nice sound, can't scratch it but they have those things inside. Could it be that they are micro cracks?

[@giatayra1407]

If it has bubbles inside is it real?

[@kimmerz369]

Thank you, this was extremely helpful

[@MinhNguyen-ey5me]

omg, thank you so much. My quartz are real because I can hear the vibration sound

[@sophiafrytv7893]

So when it magnifies does that mean it is real or what?

[@emsastrogems]

If a hexagonal crystal point is magnifying lettering when looking through it, then that would indicate that it is not a real Clear Quartz. I hope this helps.

[@robindavidson545]

Great information! Thank you!

[@kimchristians5527]

When I look through my clear quartz pyramid it shows a rainbow around objects.Is it fake?

[@emsastrogems]

This maybe due to light refraction. When light hits a transparent object on an angle, it causes the light to bend which then splits the light into its seven various colours. I imagine this is what is causing your rainbow effect. So if your pyramid has passed all the other quartz tests, then I would say it's real.

[@samsonmoore6774]

Awesome vid! It helped alot!

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you, that's great! I'm really pleased that this video was useful.

[@nikec8101]

You actually proved my quartz is real. But if those bubbles are about 0.4 to 0.2 mm small is it okay. Answer quickly please

[@emsastrogems]

Thanks for your question. Bubbles inside glass will usually be very tiny and spherical, whereas clear quartz will not have any bubbles other than enhydros. Inclusions within clear quartz typically appear like lines, waves or cracks. I hope this helps.

[@robenkhoury7079]

@@emsastrogems thank you soooooo much

[@bellarosewood3862]

I need to know the difference between raw quartz and lab grown quartz! Would someone plz help

[@olonzoammonsjr7042]

All I can say feel it's energy do u and the crystal click together

[@bellarosewood3862]

@@olonzoammonsjr7042 I recently bought 2 crystals.. rose and clear quartz. I don't feel much drawn to rose but I do feel a sort of connection with the clear one. I still don't know

[@olonzoammonsjr7042]

@@bellarosewood3862 hey bella in a matter of fact there are a few tests you can do to check if your quartz crystal is real , try scratching a glass window with your crystal if it doesn't scratch it's not real, second try seeing if u have any air bubbles in your crystal if so it means it's glass, third always ask the buyer the origin of the crystal he or she should tell u the source, sadly technology can replicate anything to almost make it look like it's real it's like a gamble you can only hope for a real crystal ❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨🌎🌎🌎

[@bellarosewood3862]

@@olonzoammonsjr7042 thank you. will try. Although I already tried to scratch the crystals with a knife and they weren't scratched. But I still heard that they can be made in labs to be completely similar. So I guess I just hope they're real.

[@olonzoammonsjr7042]

@@bellarosewood3862 I just threw out my clear quartz crystal I do not feel it's energy it has to be spirituality intune with me if not it's by by😴🦸✨

[@LifewithNefy]

Where do you get your crystals from?

[@emsastrogems]

I usually buy my crystals from local crystal and metaphysical shops, but I also buy them online from Etsy too.

[@jwoodard621]

Does that count in all crystals

[@faithrogers4787]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@CyNoz]

Please can you tell me where you can buy real Crystal uk

[@lajoswinkler]

If the sides look mirror-polished, it might be real quartz, but it's polished into shape and that is obviously cheating. Natural quartz will never have such surfaces. Fakeries can be made out of real quartz by melting and pouring into moulds, essentially making fused quartz, polishing the surfaces into hexagons and smacking the bottoms to make internal cracks. I think you actually have some such pieces in the video.

[@1buckproductions510]

Well done thank you cheers ⭐️👁⭐️ Love to all

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you 💗

[@kimchi1837]

Hi it is now june 2021 i hope you are doing well. Thank you for this video i like quartz, recently i started buying crystals to improve my well-being.

[@kairu5405]

What is the size of the clear quartz sphere may I ask..?

[@emsastrogems]

The clear quartz sphere in this video is about 70mm 😊

[@kairu5405]

@@emsastrogems thank you for answering.. :)

[@johnnydank]

Where can I buy real crystals

[@DaveDexterMusic]

My quartz ball is a complete fake, but my large point - which I assumed was a fake because I thought I could see tiny bubbles in it - will scratch glass easily, using one of the inconspicious bottom edges, as well as passing the non-magnifying test.. So that's good to know, it's 20cm and I hated thinking I'd be taken for a ride. Thanks for this video.

[@sutanukamondal1797]

What is price of a real quartz?

[@kirsten5830]

the sides of mine have tiny bubbles

[@MissRenee_X]

I’m trying to find a real quartz from Egypt it’s so hard

[@slaythedaywithvonnie8954]

Sweet! Thanks!

[@almostthere2516]

Very useful, but I was surprised you only had polished and cut crystal points, and no real ones. The energy from a naturally formed crystal quartz is actually so much more vibrant than those artificially cut into a point. Probably because when they get a huge block of quartz, they do not mind in which direction they cut it into points. There is something very off with crystals like that. The way you can see if you got a real crystal point that Mother Earth grew like a point, or a crystal point cut by man into a point, is looking at the edges. In China where they manufacture these, they are in a hurry, so the edges will be all over the place. Secondly the edges are too sharp. Like on your video. While natural ones also are sharp, they are not that sharp. I hope you get hold of a real authentic crystal that has not been cut, polished, tumbled and feel the difference. It is quite remarkable!

[@0909agnes]

Thank you!

[@asunadaimonji]

what type of crystal is the las sphere if its nor clear quartz

[@emsastrogems]

The last crystal shown in this video is a Calcite sphere.

[@asunadaimonji]

@@emsastrogems ohhh okay I Have a Tower .. and now I'm not sure if it is Clear quartz ot calcite haha

[@arvindarora6459]

@@asunadaimonji Have u tried the magnifying test? If not do it it'll help u get some idea if it's real or not

[@neelamarajh8593]

This is very helpful thanks🤗

[@ivangamer8022]

thanks great video

[@slime4719]

I think my quartz is fake :( it’s not cold it only is abitand it goes warm

[@Elvis-guy1973]

What a minefield! It almost puts me off.

[@biancamwarren]

Love this!

[@chaoticfanboy47]

Thank you so much

[@nodruj8681]

"Real quartz will not magnify the lettering" This is just incorrect information, clear quartz will magnify just as well as glass.

[@jwoodard621]

Where's best place to buy thankyou for video x

[@bern585]

Thanks very informative

[@pooja6727]

Very helpful video

[@Sinndeslebens7]

Can Real quartz kill lighters? I tried to Light my crystall and After that my Lighter Was Dead

[@naveedullah5923]

I have some quartz

[@008ofi]

Ty so much this helped a lot

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you, I am so glad this video was helpful to you 😊

[@valerie3133]

yes, I love inclusions it makes them rare & exceptionally beautiful

[@a_human7213]

Is mine fake it scratched my screen with a bit of pressure 😃

[@michelledevereux1905]

Thank you ✨

[@urScorpioLady]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Indiviidual]

Perfect vid

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you 😊

[@edinavarkonyi5358]

Briliant

[@elvesyboi2115]

I scratched glass so I ruined my TV

[@jullienlopez3030]

I got a fake one its not that cold 😭😂

[@lysanderPHD]

Just get a diamond selector lol

[@Veryberrytash]

looks like i have glass 🤦‍♀️

[@helenellsworth9556]

New subbie ☺️

[@emsastrogems]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 😊