Traditionally the standard stone of self-compassion and open-heartedness.
Composition
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂) with trace titanium, iron or manganese
Hardness · Chakra
7 · Heart
Its colour comes from microscopic mineral fibres, which is why rose quartz is usually cloudy rather than transparent.
Traditionally associated with repair after conflict and forgiving without forgetting.
Composition
Manganese inosilicate (MnSiO₃)
Hardness · Chakra
5.5–6.5 · Heart
The black veins are manganese oxide formed as the stone weathered — the contrast is decay, structurally speaking, and it is the reason the stone is prized.
Traditionally linked to loyalty, growth and honest speech.
Composition
Beryllium aluminium silicate (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) coloured by chromium or vanadium
Hardness · Chakra
7.5–8 · Heart
Almost every emerald contains internal fractures — the trade calls them jardin, "garden". A flawless emerald is more suspicious than impressive.
Traditionally linked to intuition, cycles and new beginnings.
Composition
Potassium aluminium silicate (KAlSi₃O₈) — feldspar
Hardness · Chakra
6–6.5 · Sacral, Third Eye
The floating blue glow is adularescence — light scattering between microscopic layers of two feldspars, not an inclusion or a coating.
Traditionally carried by travellers as a stone of safe return, and long associated with vitality and steady energy.
Composition
Group of silicate minerals — almandine, pyrope, spessartine and others
Hardness · Chakra
6.5–7.5 · Root
Garnet is not one mineral but a family. Almandine gives the familiar deep red; tsavorite garnet is green and rarer than emerald.