Origin: Notably Brazil, Madagascar
Colour: Clear, light to dark smoky, occasionally amethystine. Often the colour is zoned within crystals.
Typical Appearance: As a layered or stacked group of crystals displaying numerous terminations, often doubly terminated. Examples with a particularly layered and fractured appearance are sometimes referred to as Skeletal Quartz. Air and/or water is occasionally trapped within these crystal layers resulting in the variety known as Enhydro Quartz.
Birthstone: All astrological signs
Chakra Alignment: Crown and Base; The Subtle Bodies
Element: None
Origin of Name & Mythology: Due to the fact that Elestial Quartz attunes most easily to the Angelic Realm.
Elestial Quartz is balancing and comforting. It is useful in removing blockages and fear, helps to overcome emotional burdens and opens us to make necessary changes in our lives, thereby being a transitional stone.
It is also purported to be useful in accessing and understanding past lives, and in some systems is believed that its presence in an area can heal the entire surrounding community.