Chakra
Heart
Crystals associated with the Heart chakra
Traditions associate different crystals, and sometimes they disagree. Each crystal shows the tradition that makes the association; its sources are on the crystal page.
Amazonite
A turquoise-green variety of the feldspar microcline. Despite the name, it does not come from the Amazon.
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Aquamarine
The blue-green variety of beryl, a close relative of emerald. Its name means "seawater".
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Atlantisite
A natural mix of green serpentine and purple stichtite, from a single hill in Tasmania.
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Chrysocolla in Cuprite
Two copper minerals in one stone: blue-green chrysocolla and red cuprite. A desert sunset, only polished.
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Kunzite
The pink-violet variety of spodumene, a lithium mineral. Pretty, delicate, and not a big fan of sunshine.
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Malachite
A vivid green copper mineral, with rings that look like a map of hills. Soft, beautiful, and mined in the Timna Valley long ago.
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Moss Agate
Milky white chalcedony with green "moss" inside. It is not moss, and technically it is not quite agate either.
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Multi-colour Tourmaline
A handful of rough crystals in pink, red and green. Tourmaline has one of the widest color ranges of any gem, sometimes with several colors in a single crystal.
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Rose Quartz
Quartz in a soft shade of pink, colored by microscopic mineral fibers. Also known as the "love stone".
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Ruby in Zoisite
A green rock from Tanzania with real ruby crystals inside. Someone once even tried to value one at £11 million.
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Silicon Crystal
The element hiding in almost every stone, but almost never found alone in nature. These pieces were made by people.
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Strawberry Quartz
Pink to red quartz colored by inclusions that look like strawberry seeds. Also one of the stones most often imitated in glass.
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