Tec-9 | Red Quartz (Factory New)

The Tec-9 | Red Quartz (Factory New) is a Restricted pistol skin built around a bold orange finish and a crystallizing mask pattern. Factory New is the top grade for it, showing the paint job at its sharpest before any wear sets in.

Design

Red Quartz is painted with metallic paint and finished with a crystallizing mask that breaks the orange surface into faceted, crystal-like shapes. It's a Valve-made finish, and it carries the in-game line "Everyone wants to make an impact."

Tec-9 | Red Quartz (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish runs a float range of 0.00–0.40, and Factory New sits right at the bottom of that scale. At this level the metallic orange paint reads bright and the crystallizing mask pattern stays fully intact, with no visible scuffing anywhere on the body.

Tec-9 | Red Quartz Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the purple tier — a step below Classified and firmly above the Mil-Spec grades, making it a solid mid-to-upper pull from a case.

Tec-9 | Red Quartz Case and Collection

This finish belongs to The Train Collection, which debuted in November 2013 alongside the "Out with the old, in with the new" update. Within its case the Restricted tier drops at roughly sixteen percent, and the Train-era case has long since left the active drop pool, so most copies now change hands on the market rather than coming from a fresh unbox.

Tec-9 | Red Quartz Patterns

Red Quartz has a fixed design — the crystallizing mask lands the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" variant worth hunting. Wear and float are the only variables that separate one copy from the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish exists as a regular version and a Souvenir version, but there's no StatTrak variant. Souvenir copies first appeared in the DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package and kept showing up in later Major souvenir packages handed out at separate tournaments over the years, not all tied to one release date.

Tec-9 | Red Quartz Price

Factory New commands the top of the Red Quartz price ladder, sitting above Minimal Wear and Field-Tested as the priciest way to own the look in its sharpest state. It's a premium pick within the Tec-9 lineup. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What makes Factory New worth the premium over Minimal Wear?

Factory New keeps the orange paint at its brightest and the crystallizing mask pattern free of any scuffing, since it sits at the very bottom of the float range. Minimal Wear looks close but not quite as sharp. If you want the finish exactly as designed, Factory New is the grade to chase.

Does the pattern matter on Red Quartz?

No. The crystallizing mask design is fixed and identical on every copy, so there's no seed number or rare variant to look for. The only thing that changes the look from copy to copy is the wear grade and its exact float value.

Is there a StatTrak Tec-9 | Red Quartz?

No, this finish never got a StatTrak version. It does exist as both a regular finish and a Souvenir finish, the latter handed out in Major-tournament souvenir packages rather than dropping from a case.