Bracelet sizes & prices
Prices in Philippine pesos, per finished bracelet, for the named variants below. Our team confirms availability, wrist fit, and the final amount before payment.
Rutilated Quartz
| Bead size / style | Price per bracelet |
|---|---|
| 6 mm | ₱899.00 |
| 8 mm | ₱1,199.00 |
| 10 mm | ₱1,999.00 |
| 12 mm | ₱2,699.00 |
| Chipstone | ₱350.00 |
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Material reference
Rutilated Quartz · Sinag sa Loob
Scientific identity, documented history, and community contexts are presented with sources. TÁWID’s contemporary design interpretation is identified separately.
Material identity
Rutilated quartz consists of quartz hosting crystals of rutile, a titanium-dioxide mineral. The inclusions often appear as fine golden or copper-coloured needles, but rutile can also occur in other colours and larger crystal forms. The visible needles are minerals inside a mineral: they are not threads added by the cutter. Their arrangement can preserve information about the growth history of the specimen. [1] [2]
Documented historical context
A documented modern craft history appears in GIA’s report from the 2014 Tucson gem shows. The report described renewed interest in reddish rutilated quartz from Bahia, Brazil, and showed how cutters oriented rough material to display distinctive inclusion patterns. One stone was fashioned to present a six-rayed arrangement face-forward; another highlighted a rose-like cluster.
These examples make the lapidary’s work central to appreciation of the gem. Cutting is not simply a way to remove everything that is imperfect. In an included quartz, the internal scene may be the feature the maker chooses to preserve and reveal.
A 2018 GIA study extended this attention to a large prismatic rutile inclusion, rather than the familiar fine needles. It showed how microscopy can disclose crystal habit, twinning and relationships between inclusions. The material therefore has both an aesthetic and a research history. Its appearance alone, however, cannot establish the age or source of an undocumented bracelet. TÁWID’s Sinag sa Loob is a present-day reflection built around this visible interior complexity. [2] [3]
TÁWID’s contemporary interpretation
Sinag sa Loob is TÁWID’s contemporary reflection on experiences retained in memory.
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