Description
Large 7.5cm Rose Quartz Heart from Madagascar
This large 7.5cm Rose Quartz Heart, makes a perfect handful and is wonderfully tactile. It has a strong pink colour and is semi translucent. This is Madagascan Rose Quartz, from the Antsirabe region. An area right in the middle of this large country. Madagascar is famous for its minerals and crystals. With their Rose Quartz regarded as the finest in the world. A truly beautiful gift for someone close to you.
Rose Quartz is just one of numerous different forms of Quartz. Others include, amethyst, citrine, jasper and chalcedony. The pink colouring in Rose Quartz is due to the presence of the minerals titanium, iron or manganese. In the 1880’s they discovered that quartz has, what are known as, ‘piezoelectric properties’. Quartz crystals still play an important role in our everyday life. Today, we use them in everything from wrist watches, to the electronics industry. Rose Quartz is produced in a number of countries. These include, India, Brazil, South Africa and Madagascar.
Metaphysically, this is a stone associated with love & devotion. Rose Quartz is the most important stone for the heart chakra. Rose Quartz is the ‘love stone’ or ‘the stone of universal love’. This is a stone that can relieve stress and anger, and then replace them with love and hope. Also known for its feminine energy this is a stone of tenderness, compassion and healing.
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