Known as the ‘Love Stone’, rose quartz is a common variety of quartz that is coloured by titanium, iron, and/or manganese impurities.
There is also a rarer variety of pink quartz called crystalline rose quartz where the colouring is caused by trace amounts of phosphate or aluminium.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Hardness: 7
Colour: Pale pink to rose red
Lustre: Vitreous
Chemical Composition: SiO₂
HEALING PROPERTIES
- Encourages love and friendship
- Helps to release emotional stress
- Helps with acceptance and forgiveness
- Helps let go of anger, resentment, and jealousy
- Heals the heart
- Enhances fertility
- When placed under a pillow, it aids with sleep
- Sooths burns and blisters
CHAKRA
Used to cleanse and open the Heart chakra
REFERENCES
- www.crystalwellbeing.co.uk/catalogueitemsrosequartz.php
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Rose_quartz
- The Essential Crystal Handbook – Simon and Sue Lilly
- Kiara James