SMOKEY QUARTZ
Peace & stability
Smokey Quartz is a characteristic gemstone in the Quartz family. Its smokey, dark colour varies in nuances of brown and grey-brown hues. A facet-cut smokey quartz shows its depth and lets light scatter in the dark gemstone, while a cabochon cut elegantly will soften the look of the quartz.
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SYMBOLISM
Smokey Quartz symbolises calmness, relief, cleansing, and stability. Smokey Quartz is said to be a gemstone that cleanses the mind, which will create more stability and help rid you of fear. It’s also said that this gemstone will light up the dark and send out positive energy for its surroundings.
Learn more about symbolism in our large gemstone encyclopedia
SPIRITUALITY
Smokey Quartz is also known as a peace and grounding stone, which is great at keeping its wearer close to the now and reality, without falling down a black hole of worry and anxiety. The gemstone is also said to have the power to remove unwanted and stagnant energies as well as detoxing the stressful layers of the wearer’s life.
Smokey Quartz gets its grounding capabilities since it’s thought to have connections to the Root chakra, which is the first chakra in our system and is our connection to the ground and earth. This chakra is connected to grounding, stability, and a sense of security.
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SMOKEY QUARTZ JEWELLERY
Smokey Quartz is a medium hard gemstone and is easy to keep beautiful for many years to come. Avoid exposing your Smokey Quartz jewellery to high heat, as this may cause the colour to fade and possibly cracks in the stone.
To clean your Smokey 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.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
During 12th century China, Smokey Quartz was used to create lenses for sunglasses which were carried by judges to hide their facial expressions. In China, beautiful bottles made with smokey quartz were also used to store snus. Smokey quartz is also Scotland’s national gemstone, and as a part of the Scottish Crown Jewels, there’s a sceptre set with a large ball of smokey quartz.
LEGENDS
An old indian legend tells the story of a cup, which was made of smokey quartz. The cup was said to have the ability to cure any disease, just by a person drinking out of the cup.
SMOKEY QUARTZ' GEMMOLOGY
Smokey quartz is the grey-brown variant of the quartz family. Clear quartz consist of silicate and oxygen, while smokey quartz obtains its brown-grey colour when impurities from iron become activated by natural radiation. Just like the rest of the quartz family, this gemstone is categorised as a 7 on Mohs’ Hardness Scale, which is a scale from 1-10 - 10 being the hardest - used to measure gemstone hardness. Smokey quartz is extracted in Brazil, Mozambique, Australia, USA, Scotland, and Switzerland.
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