KnowCherry Quartz
Glass
Pink-red and cloudy, used for lifting the mood of a heart that has gone flat.
Worth knowing: Cherry quartz is manufactured glass, not a natural quartz variety. It is still popular, but it is not a mineral.
Crystal database · Colour
Pink Crystals
Every pink stone in the database, with what it is made of and what it is traditionally used for.
Pink stones are the softest register of the heart group. Where the green heart stones are about growth and loyalty, the pink ones are about tenderness, self-forgiveness and staying open after a reason to close. Manganese is behind most natural pinks, from rose quartz to rhodochrosite to rhodonite. Several of them, kunzite especially, fade in sunlight and should be kept out of a bright window.
7stones listed
1safe in water
2keep out of water
5with a full guide
Kunzite
Spodumene
Pale pink spodumene with a strong lengthwise sheen, tied to opening a guarded heart.
Worth knowing: Kunzite fades in sunlight and cleaves easily along one plane, so a knock in the wrong direction can split it.
Lepidolite
Mica · Mohs 2.5–3
Lilac mica that genuinely contains lithium, and traditionally the anxiety stone.
- Element
- Water
- Care
- 💧 Keep dry
Rose Quartz
Quartz · Mohs 7
Soft pink and everywhere, because it is the stone of gentleness towards other people and towards yourself.
- Chakra
- Heart
- Element
- Water
- Care
- 💧 Water safe
Sugilite
Cyclosilicate
Deep magenta-purple, only identified in 1944, and traditionally given to people who absorb the mood of a room.
- Element
- Spirit
Rhodochrosite
Carbonate · Mohs 3.5–4
Pink banded manganese carbonate, associated with tenderness towards your younger self.
- Element
- Water
- Care
- 💧 Keep dry
No guide on site yet What it pairs with
Rhodonite
Silicate · Mohs 5.5–6.5
Pink shot through with black manganese, tied to forgiveness of the slow, practical sort.
- Chakra
- Heart
- Element
- Earth
- Care
- 💧 Brief water only
No guide on site yet What it pairs with
Why the colour matters
Colour is the fastest way into the correspondence system, because the chakra scheme is itself colour-coded, and most traditional associations follow the colour rather than the mineralogy. It is also the least reliable guide to how a stone must be treated: two stones of the same colour can be a hard silicate and a soft copper carbonate, and only one of them survives a rinse. Each card above carries its own verdict, and the safety checker has the full reasoning.
Other colour groups
Fact and tradition, kept apart
The mineral family, the Mohs hardness and the water verdict on each card are checkable physical fact, drawn from standard mineralogical and gemmological references. The chakra, element and purpose associations are tradition, published across the modern crystal-healing literature and offered here for reflection rather than as fact. Nothing on this page is medical advice. Browse the full database →