Crystal Database

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Sceptre Quartz

Quartz is a silicon dioxide mineral belonging to the Quartz group. Quartz is the most abundant mineral on Earth, found in most geological environments and a component in most rock types. Quartz varieties include microcrystalline Chalcedony types (each variety has its own page); and macrocrystalline Quartz types, which is clear in its purest form. Impure varieties include Amethyst, Citrine, Smokey Quartz and the massive variety Rose Quartz (each variety has its own page).

Quartz, also known as Rock Crystal, is further named after the growth types Phantom, Elestial, Double Terminated; locality Tibetan Black, Herkimer Diamond; inclusions Rutile, Tourmalinated; artificial coatings Aqua Aura, Opal Aura; and synthetic production Siberian Blue, Green; and that’s to name but a few (each has its own page).

Sceptre Quartz is the name given to a form of natural Quartz points in which either the terminating end or the base end has grown disproportionally to the main point.

Sceptre Quartz is also the name given to a form of Quartz point in which the base end has grown with another mineral (Quartzite, Milky Quartz or Calcite for example).

Sceptre Quartz distinctively phallic in shape.

Metaphysical Properties

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Sceptre Quartz is a crystal of empowerment, assisting in aligning the will with action, providing protection against controlling influences.

Sceptre Quartz has been used in healing ceremonies by spiritual healers and shaman throughout the ages.

Sceptre Quartz facilitates energetic shifts at the root of dis-ease, releasing blockages and stagnation at the deepest levels.

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Crystal Healing Uses

Sceptre Quartz can be used to stimulate healing of any dis-ease, as its function is to harmonise the higher vibrational energies of the aura, light body or subtle body. It is believed that physical dis-ease is a consequence of dis-harmony in the energies of the subtle body.

Sceptre Quartz is useful in the treatment of fertility dysfunction. And hormonal imbalance.

Colour:

clear, smokey, white

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Class:

Silicate, Quartz Group

Group:

Hexagonal, rhombohedral terminations

Formations:

clusters of pyramids on a geode base. Also occurs as tall prismatic crystals, short stubby crystals, in drusy aggregates, massive, in geodes, and as rounded river worn stones.

Localities:

Worldwide

Chemical Composition:

SiO₂

Hardness:

7

Lustre:

vitreous, translucent to transparent

Cleavage:

none

Varieties:

Amethyst, Chalcedony, Citrine, Milky Quartz, Rose Quartz, Smokey Quartz.

Coesite, Cristobalite, Keatite, Lechatelierite, Moganite, Stishovite

Disclaimer:

All crystal healing uses, magical uses and metaphysical definitions are provided as a means of education, and do not imply a guarantee of effect.  Those suffering from illness should consult with their General Practitioner in the first instance. Crystal healing is a holistic complementary healthcare practice and should be carried out by a suitably qualified crystal healing practitioner.