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Rose Quartz:
Quartz crystallizes in the rhombohedral system, generally as six-sided prisms usually terminated at each end by six-sided pyramids. Among the crystalline varieties of quartz are rock crystal, amethyst, smoky quartz, rose quartz, and milky quartz. The mineral is colorless when pure, but ranges through various shades of yellow, red, brown, blue, and green to black when impure.
Of the colored varieties of crystalline quartz, amethyst is clear purple or bluish-violet, and is popular as a gem. Rose quartz, which always occurs massive, is rose red or pink.The average enrol! ment of 500 will be doubled by 1970; this expar. sion is being planned in such a way as to allov. the college to maintain the attributes of a small school with high standards of instruction. Rose is developing cooperative programs with DePau University, with St.-Mary-of-the-Woods, ar/ others to expand the range of offerings availab!-and to increase the efficiency of its educatio: program. The school colors are rose and white: the school mascot is Rosie, a lifesize elephar mounted on an old automobile frame; and the school Song is Dear Old Rose. ROSE QUARTZ.
Yellow quartz, or citrine, often called topaz by jewelers, is distinguished from true topaz by its inferior hardness. Smoky quartz, also called cairngorm stone, varies in color from smoky yellow to brownish black. Milky quartz, which is white, nearly opaque, and often with a greasy luster, commonly occurs in veins. Sagenitic quartz has inclusions of needlelike crystals of rutile, actinolite, asbestos (cat's-eye), or black tourmaline. Sapphire quartz, indigo blue in color, is a rare variety. Many quartz crystals contain small cavities partly filled with liquids, generally water, and may have inclusions of carbonic acid, either liquid or gaseous.
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