Rose Quartz
Love & pleasure
Rose Quartz is the rose-coloured variant in the Quartz family. Rose Quartz can be found in different nuances of soft pink. Surrounded by stories of love and romance, Rose Quartz is a meaningful gemstone, preferred by many. The soft pink gemstone is also an especially versatile gemstone, that looks beautiful in a broad array of sizes and cuts.
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SYMBOLISM
Rosa Quartz symbolises unconditional love, romance, self-love, and well-being. The Rosa Quartz is known as a love gemstone and is said to strengthen love relations - both love for others, as well as yourself. Since Rose Quartz is also said to represent calmness and kindness, it's a great gemstone for those wanting to possess a mild demeanour.
Learn more about symbolism in our large gemstone encyclopedia
SPIRITUALITY
Rose Quartz is also called a gemstone for universal love. Allegedly, Rose Quartz is said to cleanse and open the heart to promote love, friendship, self-love, and deep inner healing for its wearer.
Rose Quarts is connected to both the heart chakra and the throat chakra. The connection to the heart chakra is said to give its wearer the possibility to feel deeper levels of love, peace, and acceptance. The connection to the throat chakra gives the wearer the possibility for better, more honest communication, and to say what they truly feel.
HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR ROSE QUARTZ JEWELLERY
Rose Quartz is a medium hard gemstone and is easy to keep beautiful for many years to come. Avoid exposing your Rose Quartz jewellery to high heat, as this may cause the colour to fade and possibly cracks in the stone.
To clean your Rose Quartz jewellery, you can use warm water, a mild detergent and a soft brush or cloth to clean around the stone.
Remember that you can always have your Carré jewellery professionally cleaned at your Carré store.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES & ROSE QUARTZ
Many gemstones are associated with a special anniversary. Jewellery with rose quartz is given as a gift on the 5th wedding anniversary. Rose Quartz is also a symbol of love, which makes it an obvious gift on an anniversary.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
In Iraq, there have been found pearls made out of Rose Quartz in the area formerly known as Mesopotamia, which dates the use of the gemstone all the way back to 7000 b.c. Rose Quartz was allegedly also used as a gemstone of beauty by women in ancient Egypt, since they found the rose gemstone to prevent signs of ageing.
LEGENDS OF ROSE QUARTZ
An old Greek legend tells of Adonis, lover of the Goddess Aphrodite, was attacked by the God of War, Ares. When Aphrodite rushed to his aid, she cut herself on a bush. Her dripping blood mixed with that of Adonis and flowed to a colourless quartz, which gave it its rose colour. The God Zeus took pity on the couple, and decided to bring back Adonis to Aphrodite every 6 months each year. Hereafter, Rose Quartz became a symbol of resurrecting love.
GEMMOLOGY OF ROSE QUARTZ
Rose Quartz is the pink variety of the Quartz family, and its colour can vary in a spectrum of rose-hues, from the lightest powdery-pink to deep pink hues. Just like other members of the Quartz family, Rose Quartz is a 7 on Mohs’ Hardness Scale, which is a scale used to measure the hardness of gemstones from 1-10, 10 being the hardest.
Rose Quartz is mined in Brazil, Mozambique, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
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OPAL
Creativity, love & freedom
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Motherhood & caring
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Intuition, motivation & growth
PEARL
Honesty & integrity