When ever you think of the heart chakra or a stone to love, you think of rose quartz. Its soft energy embraces the concept of love and self-love. Its energy is soft, but don’t discount the profound effect it can have on your system, there is strength there too. Your entire being benefits from good doses of loving energy. Rose quartz has a soothing energy that assists with the release of stress and worry. Its energy is perfect for everyone of any age. It is a good stone to use during illness as its loving, supportive, and compassionate energy is profoundly soothing. On a physical level it works gently on the heart to soothe physical trauma and imbalances.

This lovely sphere has nice hues of pink with some slightly gemmy patches. Unfortunately at some point it was broken in two and glued back together (before it made it home with us). Despite this, it has bright loving energy. Because of this, the compassionate energy has been deepened. This sweet sphere had another surprise in store for me, it is a star rose quartz sphere. You can just catch the glimpse of a chatoyant shimmer as the light reflects from the surface. Use a flash light and roll the sphere around and you will find a six ray star on the surface of the sphere. This beautiful sphere is from Brazil.

The sphere measures 1.5" in diameter and weighs 3.9 oz.

Star rose quartz fosters your ability to replenish your heart chakra with the energy of universal love originating from your source. Star rose quartz activates the soul star, or 8th chakra, refreshing your connection to your source. Work with star rose quartz to foster your connection with your soul star and strengthen your inner peace.

Some rose quartz contains microscopic rutile crystals which are oriented at right angles to the c-axis of the rose quartz in three directions, each 120 degrees apart. When viewed at a specific angle with a source of light a star-effect is visible. This is known as asterism.