Smoky Quartz Healing Properties
Smoky Quartz is a clear gray or brown variety of crystalline Quartz. Also known as Cairngorm or Morion and occasionally referred to as the Dream Stone.
Mystical Properties:The national gem of Scotland, a large smoky quartz crystal sat atop the scepter of Scotland.
Most commonly mentioned for relief of depression, anxiety and sadness and to improve a coooperative attitude.
Natural Healers use Smokey Quartz crystals to remove negative energy from within the body and surrounding the person. Thought to protect from negative entities during Astral Projection or while entering trances or ethereal realms. The stone is said to draw the negative energy into itself and therefore should be regularly cleansed by moonlight or sunlight.
Crystal spheres or orbs of smoky quartz were famous for scrying the future. The most famous of these Smoky Quartz spheres was the Shew Stone, owned by Dr. Dee, a renowned court diviner to Elizabeth I of England.
Considered a gemstone of Capricorn and important to the number 8 in Numerology.
Associated with subduing an over-active 1st Chakra.
Considered a gem of Autumn.
Healing Properties: Most commonly thought to be a depression lifter--mood enhancer. Thought to aid in sexual/reproductive problems and remove negative energy from the body.
Scientific Properties: Smoky Quartz crystals are composed of Silicon Dioxide with trace quantities of aluminum.
The coloring is from radiation within the earth (treated Smoky Quartz is Quartz, bombarded with radiation).
Found commonly in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina U.S.A. Hardness: 6.0 - 7.0 on the Moh's Hardness Scale.