Also called love stone, pink quartz
Rose quartz is pale pink quartz. In modern crystal practice it is the love stone, used for self-kindness, healing after heartbreak and drawing affection; that meaning is mostly 20th-century, though people have carved and worn pink quartz for thousands of years.
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Take care: Never leave a lit candle unattended near mirrors, curtains or petals. Keep small stones away from young children, who can swallow them.
The GIA reports rose quartz beads from ancient Mesopotamia and jewellery made by the Assyrians around 800 to 600 BCE, and says Romans used it for seals. These dates come from gem-trade summaries rather than cited excavation reports, so treat them as approximate.
Crystal books tell how Aphrodite cut herself on a briar rushing to the dying Adonis and their blood stained white quartz pink. Ancient poets tie Adonis's death to anemones and roses, not quartz, so the stone version is a modern addition.
A small rose quartz heart is placed under the pillow or by the bed after a breakup or to invite new love. It is now the single most common love working with stones.
Uses: rose quartz heart
Rose quartz is massive quartz tinted pink by microscopic fibres of a mineral related to dumortierite. It rarely forms clear crystals, so it is usually carved into beads, spheres and hearts. The Gemological Institute of America says rose quartz beads have been found in ancient Mesopotamia, that the Assyrians made jewellery from it around 800 to 600 BCE, and that Romans used it for seals; Egyptians are said to have believed it kept the skin young. Most fine material today comes from Brazil and Madagascar.
The title love stone belongs to modern crystal practice, which spread from the 1970s and 1980s. The tale that Aphrodite's blood turned quartz pink is a modern retelling; ancient sources tie that scene to roses. Today people use rose quartz for self-love, healing a broken heart and calm. Crystal healing has no scientific support: in a 1999 Goldsmiths experiment by Christopher French and colleagues, volunteers holding fake crystals reported the same sensations as those holding real quartz. Rose quartz can fade in strong sun, and very bright pink tumbled stones are sometimes dyed quartz or glass.
A glamour is magic that changes how something looks to the eye. In Scottish lore it was a fairy or witch's illusion; today it usually means dressing, grooming or making up with intent so you carry yourself the way you want to be seen.
A simple candle spell to draw love toward you by naming the qualities you want in a partner, not a particular person. It comes from modern candle magic, with roots in Hoodoo candle work and older planetary correspondences for Venus.
A small cloth pouch of dried rose petals and sweet herbs, carried or kept by the bed to open yourself to love. It is the gentle modern descendant of a very old and much harsher line of Greek and Egyptian love magic.
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