Clear Quartz is Rock Crystal,
Purple Quartz is Amethyst,
Yellow is Citrine,
Gray-brown is Smoky Quartz,
And pink Quartz is Rose Quartz. Simple, right?
Well…not exactly.
Until recently, all pink-colored Quartz was thought to be Rose
Quartz, the pale pink to reddish-rose, semi-precious stone of
beauty and love cherished since antiquity for its power to heal the
heart and stimulate romantic devotion.
Rose Quartz is found in abundance around the world and occurs
only in massive form, with no crystal faces, edges and
terminations. It is hazy to translucent, and is usually found in
the cores of granite pegmatites. Its color is due to trace amounts
of titanium, iron, or manganese in the massive material, and
contains microscopic fiber inclusions of rutile
The color of Rose Quartz is very stable and will not fade with
heat or direct sunlight, and though it has also been called Pink
Quartz for decades, here is where mineralogical confusion begins.
Well Pink quartz is different from rose quartz. How ????
Pink Quartz crystals occur only in phosphorus-rich pegmatites
as a late-phase formation grown not in the cores, but in thin vein
systems throughout the pegmatites, often growing on, and parallel
to, Smoky Quartz crystals. Though similar in color to Rose Quartz,
Pink Quartz occurs in clusters of small, well-formed crystals,
often parallel-grown, that are translucent to transparent. These
crystals are very light and heat sensitive, and will fade with
prolonged exposure to sunlight.
• Pink Quartz, like its sister Rose Quartz, is a stone of the
Heart Chakra, with a soft, feminine energy of compassion
and peace, emotional healing, love and friendship.