The Wonders of Clear Quartz

                There is so much to quartz.  Not only being a beautiful crystal, it cleanses, heals, energizes, and you can learn to harness its powers.  It acts as an amplifier of energy, good for healing and communication.  With its clarity and purity having magical similarities to water and glass it can be used to “wash away” negative energies from your body and environment.  Quartz is used for crystal balls. Gazing, it acts as a window into other worlds, a portal.  It is believed to strengthen the link between Earth and the heavens. Use it to aid psychic traveling and dream journeys.

                Crystal comes from the Greek word “krystallos” meaning “ice”.  In ancient times quartz was believed to be a permanently solidified form of ice.

                Wear quartz jewelry to stimulate your mind. Wear close to your head in earrings or a short pendant.  Quartz crystal is an excellent all-around stone.  It can direct, focus and amplify energy.

                Aiding in psychic connections, it amplifies abilities to help increase your psychic awareness.  Helps to focus your dreams.  Keeping quartz close to your body will help to protect you from day to day stress.  It is a strong healing crystal.  By focusing healthy energy and directing it to the point of sickness.  It is a crystal most used to make healing wands.

                Quartz comes from the old Saxon word “querklufterz” which means “cross vein ore”.  Natural pieces of quartz display characteristic cracks.  Natural crystal quartz has straight edges but can be smoothed and shaped, which has no effect on its magical abilities.

                White stones stimulate the crown chakra to increase your well-being.  Also improves your self-esteem and communication and dispels mental anguish or depression.

Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earths continental crust behind feldspar.      

It has a mohs scale hardness of 7, lower in impure varieties.  Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula SiO2.