Rose Quartz Bookends | Pair
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š Size: 15cm (w) x 11.3cm (h) x 8cm (d) Approximately for the pair when put together
āļø Weight: 2.032kg
Stone Meaning
LOVE | COMPASSION | HEALING
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AFFIRMATION: I am worthy of love, kindness and compassion, and I allow my heart to give and receive freely.
BEST FOR: Self-love, emotional healing, relationships, compassion, forgiveness, comfort, nurturing energy
CHAKRA: Heart
SIGNS: Taurus, Libra
ELEMENT: Water
PLANET: Venus
COMPANION STONES: Rhodonite for emotional healing and forgiveness; Green Aventurine for heart healing and new beginnings; Amethyst for emotional calm and spiritual support; Clear Quartz for amplifying loving intentions; Pink Opal for tenderness, comfort and soothing emotional wounds
Rose Quartz is the classic stone of love, but reducing it to romance alone does this soft pink beauty a serious disservice. Its energy is traditionally connected with self-love, compassion, emotional healing and the many different ways we give and receive love.
Gentle rather than demanding, Rose Quartz is often used when the heart needs somewhere soft to land. It encourages tenderness without weakness, vulnerability without losing your boundaries, and the radical little concept that perhaps you deserve some of the kindness you so readily give everyone else.
Whether you're healing from heartbreak, nurturing a relationship or simply learning to speak to yourself with a little more grace, Rose Quartz brings the focus back to the heart.
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Metaphysical Properties
Rose Quartz is deeply associated with the Heart Chakra, where it is believed to encourage emotional openness, compassion and a healthier relationship with both yourself and others.
It is commonly used to soothe emotional wounds, soften resentment and encourage forgiveness. Rather than pushing difficult feelings away, its metaphysical energy is considered nurturing and supportive, helping create a safer emotional space in which those feelings can be acknowledged and processed.
Rose Quartz is also one of the most popular stones for love and relationship work. This includes romantic love, but also friendships, family relationships, self-love and rebuilding trust after emotional hurt.
Despite its gentle reputation, there is strength beneath all that pink. Loving yourself enough to establish boundaries, walk away from unhealthy dynamics or accept that something has ended is still very much Rose Quartz territory.
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Emotional & Spiritual Benefits
- Self-Love: Encourages greater compassion, acceptance and kindness towards yourself.
- Emotional Healing: Traditionally used to comfort the heart after grief, heartbreak or disappointment.
- Love & Relationships: Supports affection, intimacy, trust and emotional connection.
- Compassion: Encourages understanding and empathy without abandoning your own needs.
- Forgiveness: Helps release resentment and emotional wounds that are ready to be healed.
- Comfort: Offers gentle, nurturing energy during emotionally vulnerable periods.
- Heart Opening: Encourages giving and receiving love more freely.
- Healthy Boundaries: Reminds us that genuine love includes respect for our own emotional wellbeing.
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Scientific Fun Fact
Rose Quartz is a pink variety of quartz (SiOā) with a Mohs hardness of 7, making it considerably tougher than its delicate appearance suggests.
Interestingly, scientists have found that the pink colour of most massive Rose Quartz is associated with microscopic fibrous inclusions of a pink borosilicate mineral related to dumortierite, rather than simply being caused by manganese or titanium as older explanations often suggested.
Some Rose Quartz also contains microscopic inclusions capable of producing asterism, creating a six-rayed star that appears to glide across the surface when the stone is cut into a sphere or cabochon and viewed under a strong point of light.
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Old Lore & Magic
Rose Quartz has been associated with beauty and love for thousands of years. Archaeological finds show pink quartz was fashioned into jewellery, beads and decorative objects by ancient cultures.
Greek and Roman mythology later became intertwined with Rose Quartz through stories involving Aphrodite and Venus, reinforcing its modern association with love, beauty and reconciliation. Some of these specific crystal legends are later traditions rather than surviving ancient accounts, but the symbolism has firmly stuck.
In folk magic and modern witchcraft, Rose Quartz is commonly used in love spells, reconciliation work, self-love rituals and heart healing. It is also placed in bedrooms and relationship areas of the home to encourage warmth, affection and harmonious connection.
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When to Use Rose Quartz
- When practising self-love or rebuilding confidence
- After heartbreak, rejection or emotional disappointment
- When working through grief or emotional vulnerability
- When inviting more love and connection into your life
- When strengthening an existing relationship
- During forgiveness or reconciliation work
- When you need to be kinder to yourself
- During Heart Chakra meditation
- When creating a nurturing bedroom or sacred space
- When your inner dialogue has become unnecessarily savage and needs a change of management
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ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Pink Quartz, Hyaline Quartz (historical usage)
MINERAL FAMILY: Quartz / Silicate
CHEMICAL FORMULA: SiOā
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal
MOHS HARDNESS: 7
COLOUR: Very pale blush through to rich rosy pink; typically translucent to cloudyĀ
ORIGINS: Brazil, Madagascar, South Africa, Namibia, India, Mozambique and the USA, among other localities
RARITY: Common, although strongly coloured, highly translucent material and specimens displaying distinct asterism are considerably more collectible
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āØ Rose Quartz reminds us that softness isn't the opposite of strength. Sometimes choosing love, especially for yourself, is the strongest thing you can do.
How to use crystals?
CRYSTALS + YOU
Here are some of our favourite ways to incorporate crystals into your everyday life
āØ MEDITATION | Surely, we all know by now that a meditation habit is maybe the healthiest habit any of us can hope to develop (it beats smoking or gambling anyway, trust us).Ā But transitioning into a meditative or mindful state isnāt always easy, and often, even with the best of intentions, people give up on their practice.Ā They find it difficult to sit still and focus.
Never fear ā this is where crystals come in handy.Ā Crystals can cleanse the mind of chaotic thoughts and doubts, they calm and ground us and elevate our energy, so that you can fully immerse yourself in your meditation.
āØ SLEEPING WITH THEM | When you have difficulty sleeping, any number of things could be responsible for disturbing your rest.Ā Whether you have too much on your plate and canāt switch off, or you canāt seem to settle your energy and are constantly worrying youāve left your hair straightener on, crystals can bring you the peace you need to sleep easy.
If you are just lying there, sleeping sweetly for 8-ish hours every night, you might as well be absorbing some good vibes from your crystals, right?
To use your crystal at bedtime, try setting it next to you on your bedside table, placing it under your pillow or (best of all) holding it in your palm as you drift off.
āØ MASSAGE | Crystallising your massages can elevate your body work session to previously unknown levels of bliss.Ā Using crystals along with soft tissue manipulation can reduce not only muscle pain, but also any pain or blocked energy stored in your mind or energy body, helping to bring your body and energy field back into balance to create stability.
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āØ SKIN CARE ROUTINE | When used as part of your daily skincare ritual, a crystal facial roller and/or crystal infused facial serum can work to stimulate collagen synthesis, minimise fine lines and wrinkles, support lymphatic drainage, reduce pore size, boost elasticity, soothe irritation, minimise puffiness and promote deeper product preparationā¦Ā Yikes ā trying saying all of that without taking a breath.
Physically, it helps firm the outer layers of the skin through gentle massage. It also aids in detoxing through the lymphatic system, the bodyās main major detoxification structure.
āØ WEAR THEM | Having your crystals close to you is the most effective way to utilise their power. Whether it be crystal jewellery or a little tumble in your pocket (or bra!) Having them close to your skin and vibrating with your aura is the most ideal situation to reach your goal or intention for them faster.
+ so much more, including but not limited to - elixirs, adding them to your altar, creating crystal grids, spells, the posibilities are endless.
CRYSTALS + THE HOME
Youād have to be living under a rock (pun intended!) to be oblivious to how popular gemstones, rocks, crystals and geodes have become in interiors.Ā Seriously,Ā if Instagram is anything to go by, we are definitely not the only ones using crystals to boost the ambiance and good vibes of our living space.Ā
And while there are obviously plenty of creative ways (hello Pinterest!) to take advantage of the healing powers of crystals, if youāre looking to take full advantage of their witchy vibrations and magickal energy, there are ways to place themĀ around your home intentionally, so that their energy can support you in various specific environments.
And donāt forget that the energy of your home can shift over time. Ā If youāve ever been in a space that was totally spick and span, and flooded with life giving natural light, but somehow just felt heavy, or uncomfortable, then you can understand how a homeās energy is dictated by more than just cleanliness.
The vibe of a space has a lot to do with the energy that has been expelled there, and not cleared away. Ā Breakups, stress, deaths or grief, parties that got out of hand, or even arguments about whose turn it is to take the bins out can leave behind energy in your home and if youāre not smudging or getting rid of that negativity with high vibe crystals for your home, your spaceĀ can start to feel dirty, no matter how hard your scrub.
Need somewhere to begin? Read our beginers blog on Crystal placements in the homeĀ here
REMEMBER, you don't HAVE to believe they're magic - you can just collect them because you think thy're pretty - there are no rules and we are not the gate keepers of crystals š
Shape significance
Using crystals for their spiritual and healing properties can be fun and fascinating and is a killer way to connect with the earthās energy.Ā But, when you really start digging into the magickal world of sparkly stones, it can start getting really overwhelming.
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Not only do crystals come in every colour of the rainbow and serve different intended purposes, they are also found in many different shape formations.Ā Newbies to the crystal world may think the way a stone is cut or shaped is purely aesthetic, but thereās a little more to a crystalās shape than meets the eye.Ā Just as the colours of the stones convey unique meanings, crystal shapes also matter. And while experts say that the structure of a crystal doesnāt change the type of energy it emits, the shape DOES affect the way you receive said energy.
We've put together a handy blog for you to learn about the possible reason or meaning behind the forms of crystals you're drawn toĀ here
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