Rose Quartz
7Hardness (Mohs)
SiO₂Chemistry
2Known origins & mines
The stone of unconditional love, linked to the heart chakra. Massive pink quartz comes from pegmatites in Minas Gerais (Brazil), South Dakota's Black Hills and Madagascar. Rare transparent pink crystals from Galileia, Brazil can be faceted.
Known origins & mines
Galileia Pink Pegmatites · Brazil
The Doce river pegmatites produce rare transparent rose quartz facetable into pink gems — most world rose quartz is opaque massive material …
Black Hills Rose Quartz · United States
South Dakota's state mineral mined near Custer since 1880s feldspar operations; pale-pink massive quartz feeds US tumbling and heart-chakra …