I've had a fascination for clear quartz since I was small and saw a picture of it in a science book. I was amazed by the thought that a ROCK could be TRANSPARENT. Come to think of it, I'm STILL pretty entranced by that idea.
I'm especially fond of quartz points and spheres. I've have loved them anyway, but once I got into the metaphysical aspects of them, it just strengthened my affiinity for quartz even more.