Origins & History: Myth of Venus’s Golden Tresses
According to Roman lore, Venus, the goddess of love, was combing her hair by a crystalline mountain spring when golden locks fell into the stream. Mesmerized by their celestial shimmer, water nymphs froze the water into rock crystal to preserve her divine hair forever. In medieval Europe, kings carried rutilated quartz to sharpen strategic wit in conquest, while Asian merchant guilds treasured it as a sovereign stone of unbounded commercial fortune.











































































































