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SiO₂
Rose quartz
Massive pink quartz from Brazil, hardness 7, and a long sun can bleach the colour.
- Formula
- SiO₂
- Mohs hardness
- 7
- Crystal system
- trigonal
- Colour
- pink
- Element
- water
- Chakra (tradition)
- heart
- Zodiac
- Taurus, Libra, Cancer
- Month
- —
- Where the earth keeps it
- Brazil, Madagascar, India
What it actually is
Rose quartz is SiO₂ before it is a story. The lattice is trigonal, Mohs 7, and the eye meets pink.
The better pieces still come out of the ground in Brazil, Madagascar, India. Massive pink quartz from Brazil, hardness 7, and a long sun can bleach the colour.
What the old tradition whispers
The parlour tradition ties Rose quartz to water and to the heart centre. The old site stood it near: Taurus, Libra, Cancer.
How not to turn it to ash
Quartz will take lukewarm water and a cloth. Long sun fades amethyst and rose quartz. Perfume is a worse neighbour than dust.