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.

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.

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.