Rose quartz

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Rose quartz is quartz (silica) coloured pale pink by traces of titanium or manganese. It is most often milky or translucent, rarely transparent.

  • Colour: pale pink, translucent to milky.
  • Family and hardness: quartz (silica); Mohs hardness 7.
  • Traditional symbolism: It is traditionally associated with tenderness, self-love and peaceful relationships.
  • Care: Lukewarm water and mild soap, then dry it. Store it in the shade: prolonged exposure to bright light can make it fade.

Its colour comes from metal oxides (titanium, manganese). A very vivid, perfectly uniform pink may indicate a treatment or an imitation: we state what we know about the product.

Profile: Rose quartz

Colourpale pink, translucent to milky
Mineral familyquartz (silica)
Hardness (Mohs scale)7
Contact with wateryes
Sun exposureno
Traditional symbolismIt is traditionally associated with tenderness, self-love and peaceful relationships.
Traditional chakraheart
CareLukewarm water and mild soap, then dry it. Store it in the shade: prolonged exposure to bright light can make it fade.
Good to knowIts colour comes from metal oxides (titanium, manganese). A very vivid, perfectly uniform pink may indicate a treatment or an imitation: we state what we know about the product.

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The meanings given are traditions and symbolism, presented for their cultural and personal interest. They are not promises of results and do not replace the advice of a health professional.