Rose Quartz, Soft Clouds and a Point of Light
Cloudy white patches drift through the pale pink of this rose quartz pendulum, softening the light passing through its translucent body. Bright reflections pick out the smooth-looking, flat facets, while the broad, angular upper section narrows along elongated sides to a slightly rounded tip.
Rose quartz beads are recorded from ancient Mesopotamia around 7000 BCE—a glimpse of this material’s long history of adornment. There is something lovely in that contrast: a colour known in ancient beads, here taking on the crisp outline of a pointed pendulum.
Its gentle pink brings to mind an imagined garden beneath an arch, with pale petals catching the light. Yet the piece has its own distinct character: irregular clouds within, clear-edged facets outside, and a taper that gathers all that softness into one narrow point.
