Gold-bearing quartz, or gold quartz, is found in only a handful of places in the world. Discovered by gold miners in California in the 1850s and in Alaska in the 1880s, this previously unknown (and actually quite rare) stone was cut and set into jewelry worn by novelty-obsessed well-to-do Victorian men and women. This claw-set, unpolished hunk of gold quartz was once a stickpin which we've converted into a pendant and strung it on a 14k gold chain.