Rose Quartz

If it’s love and protection you seek to find, look to rose quartz.

Rose quartz is the light pink colored variety of quartz, a form of chalcedony. The color intensity ranges from pale (barely there) pink to darker powdery pink and is influenced by the translucency of the stone. Rose quartz luster ranges from transparent to translucent. Often the more transparent stones shine more, but the pale color of the rose quartz is often lost in a transparent stone unless it is very large.

Rose quartz has long been valued as a mystical, magical stone.

Rose Quartz Metaphysical Properties

Rose quartz is thought to be something of a gem of love and protection. Throughout history, and even now, rose quartz has been used for the best of reasons.

• Rose Quartz To Protect
Many people who believe in the power of gemstones and crystals believe that rose quartz protects against harm. It is believed you should wear rose quartz to protect you from enemies and dangers.
• Rose Quartz To Attract Romantic Love
Rose quartz is also thought to be very powerful in drawing love to you and enhancing the power of your love. Of minor debate is a lingering question - should rose quartz be worn on the left side to attract love? The answer depends somewhat on the source, but let’s assume it couldn’t hurt.
• Rose Quartz A Sex Stone
Rose quartz is said to enhance your love life, as many believe rose quartz an aphrodisiac stone. Couples might keep rose quartz in their bedrooms or wear the stone regularly to enhance affections.

Whether you are buying rose quartz to benefit from the list of rose quartz magickal properties or just because you think it looks pretty, the help that you might get from the rose quartz stone certainly won’t hurt matters any, and there are some beautiful ways to wear this softly colored stone alone or in combination with other precious and semi precious gems.

A very nice combination setting for rose quartz is rose quartz and garnet. Pendant styles are often favored because many people believe strongly in wearing rose quartz as a powerful amulet, drawing all the love and protections the stone has to offer. A rose quartz pendant with garnet as its partner lends double-duty in terms of the metaphysical. Garnet signifies eternal trust and friendship, so in a setting of garnet with rose quartz magickal properties of the two stones can peacefully coexist and enhance each other. (As a side-note, if you buy combination jewelry learn the best way to care for it; not all stones are equally durable. Following the instructions for how to cleanse a rose quartz is usually preferable, as it is most often the less durable stone.)

A look at a piece of rose quartz makes it obvious why the stone has been attributed with such mystical and magical properties. The color of the stone itself is one that if very often associated with love and the softness of the hue is further support of its loving and protecting function. Rose quartz exhibits the same kind of soft, easy love and protection of a mother. Now whether you believe or not is up to you, but what could it hurt? Who couldn’t use a little more love and protection on their side?