I have a very large quartz crystal rock (it weighs about 75 pounds). I found it in the attic of my aunt's house when the other people moved out and left it. She gave it to me and I'm wondering if it's worth anything or just a neat rock to sit around?
It's all about how it is refracting light. Most rose quartz is not very bright pink at all. All quartz is quartz, SiO2, the different colors are due to impurities. Rose quartz commonly has manganese or tiny mineral fibers that refract light differently. Since light determines what you see, the color will definitely appear to change. If you choose to go with the energy fluctuation explanation (and light IS energy) then I would say that it is you, not him, that has the most influence on your stone. I work with stones also, and what you describe is more common than you may think. Your stone is simply attuning itself to your own energy changes, I believe, and it is nothing to worry about, but you may wish to note your mood and the circumstances around you when the color appears to change. You will also do well to cleanse your stone and recharge it with your own intent. It is YOUR stone now.
your energy is draining it, it is not the right stone for you. crystals can change from completely opaque to clear if your energy flows strongly. however if the crystal is cloudy this is an entirely different meaning altogether. email me if you want more infor. To remove a blockage an entirely different stone would need to be used, this is why your stone is drained. Rose quartz is given a sign or friendship and love. You should cleanse the stone regularly.
Rose quartz changes colors in light reflections, so it's not you or him. It's the nature of the crystals. However, keep charging it. I have an amethyst and it goes from deep purple to a light purple at certain angles, so it's nothing bad. Also, the other kinds of crystals can do that too.
Most rose quartz is not bright pink, so if I saw a bright pink quartz crystal I'd assume that it has been color treated through some process. Some of these color treatment processes are not permanent and the color can fade due to time or exposure to sunlight. Some naturally colored minerals will also fade over time when exposed to sunlight. Fluorites can be particularly prone to this and many collectors tend to keep such fluorite specimens in the dark. It was very sweet of your boyfriend to give you such a gift. In the name of ridding the world of ignorance though, I have to say that quartz does not charge and is not cleansed by moonlight. Quartz can exhibit something called the piezo-electric effect, which is disruption of electron distribution within the crystal due to stress, or stress within the crystal due to electron disruption, and this property is often utilized in electronic circuits to produce a buzzer, but that's about it for energies.
I've seen it before. I usually think it's related to drawing all of the energy out of the crystal. So maybe you need to only wear it off and on, or perhaps you need to cleanse and charge it more often, becaue you're taxing what it can do. I've done it before, htough. Hell, I've even demagnetized magnets before.
