Quartz crystal groups can be amazing things or they can be dull as ditch water. Most come from Brazil, others from Arkansas in the USA or the island of Madagascar. Their crystals can be large or small but they’re most often transparent, with fine unbroken points at their ends. We’ve all seen them in the windows of shops that sell minerals . The crystals grow out of a matrix and are bunched together in vertical or perpendicular fashion. They’re not to be confused with calcite which is a different mineral and whose crystals are usually opaque, being given name dogtooth in the trade. Quartz, however, has a trigonal crystalline system and most of its crystals are prismatic.
Good quality quartz groups are not uncommon. They are reasonably priced on markets but less so in shops. They are popular with collectors and crystal healing enthusiasts alike. Gathered together on a matrix their healing energy is strong and its function straightforward. Central to purpose is amplification of intention and programmability. This is achieved through its power to magnify ambient energy for cleansing, healing, and memory enhancement; I should also add the cleansing of confused pathways. These operate through all the chakras. Its element, well known to many, is Storm.
My customers and healing enthusiasts alike enjoy placing their hands over the groups on my table and communing with the energies transmitted. There is always that noticeable degree of anticipation immediately prior to the positioning which, in my experience, never fails to be fulfilled. Arkansas Quartz groups are the most neutral. They have great clarity and a pure clean energy that is easily programmable and used mainly for healing and prayer. Brazilian groups, the most common and popular, have an extraordinary variety of energy. Their crystals have a soft heart frequency and are ideal for healing work. They are where beginners usually begin and progressively develop their skills. Adepts, on the other hand, seeking sources of knowledge and learning deep in our ancestral past find energies from Madagascan groups more satisfying.
The varieties of possibility are endless. Each person will find an energy wavelength in tune with their essence. Communication is instant and uncomplicated which explains why quartz crystal groups attract such interest and sell so widely, giving pleasure and meaning to many. Quartz groups whose crystals are plain uncomplicated silica dioxides contain no additional minerals such as iron to make them amethyst, or titanium to make the quartz rose. They are somehow the purest, most pristine and dare I say it, the most glamorous of all the quartzes for their simple beauty alone.
I admit to having one of my own. Something unusual in the extreme. A thin two centimetre wide matrix, six inches long and three across, covered on one side with thousands of tiny crystals on which lie two complex groups of transparent double terminations towards the centre. The other side is almost indescribable. Two amazing clusters of transparent vertical, perpendicular and horizontal double terminated crystals at each end joined together by a fabulous quartz crystal bridge, all the crystals of perfect clarity throughout. Some are like tiny needles, others radiate outwards like tiny spokes from a hub. And the whole thing set in another bed of thousands of tiny crystals. Extraordinary! And it came my way because of golf!
It was a gift from Neville, a tall, gangly mid-forties Jamaican Rastafarian who ran a mineral stall at Camden Lock Market in London and had great pitch at the top end of a cobbled drag that looked out onto Camden High Street. Neville only sold minerals, I sold gem trees, minerals and crystals. Even though my Sunday stall was not too far away across the market we had a live and let live relationship and soon got to know each other well. I liked Neville. He had a great sense of humour and was bright. He liked me because I once helped him sort out some bigots. Neville was married to the sister of Moroccan Brian who wasn’t Moroccan at all but the main importer into the UK of fossils, minerals and crystals from that country, hence the name. Neville’s stall was one of his outlets. Now Neville’s great passion in life was golf. He played it and loved talking about all the greats in the history of the game. I took it all in and one day, in a junk shop somewhere, I came across an ancient set of clubs dating back to the early twentieth century along with a collection of golfing books from that era. I bought them and gave them to him as a gift. The man was totally over the moon. Speechless, which for Neville wasn’t easy. He reciprocated with the quartz group which he knew I’d appreciate.
One Sunday Neville never turned up. I looked for him in the following weeks but I never saw him again. I hope he still plays his golf and still has the clubs. As for myself I still have his wonderful gift. It stands upright on a bookshelf in an alcove so I can see the crystals on both sides glowing under the spotlight. It’s a marvellous thing. I’ve never seen anything quite like it!
As a stallholder on various markets, people have told me why they buy quartz crystal groups. A trader gets to hear many things, talking to so many people. The healing power of quartz crystals and groups is a topic of frequent conversation. Women in particular like to have a group in their living room and often their bedroom. They like its beauty, but also it seems, somehow find it comforting. Maybe it’s the clear uncomplicated flow of energy they feel emanating from the cluster that conveys such a sense. Perhaps they find its clarity reassuring, even protective. A purity, I’ve been told, that provides a protective healing energy that surrounds them and guards them while they sleep. Something that will be there in the morning when they wake up.
Good quality quartz groups are not uncommon. They are reasonably priced on markets but less so in shops. They are popular with collectors and crystal healing enthusiasts alike. Gathered together on a matrix their healing energy is strong and its function straightforward. Central to purpose is amplification of intention and programmability. This is achieved through its power to magnify ambient energy for cleansing, healing, and memory enhancement; I should also add the cleansing of confused pathways. These operate through all the chakras. Its element, well known to many, is Storm.
My customers and healing enthusiasts alike enjoy placing their hands over the groups on my table and communing with the energies transmitted. There is always that noticeable degree of anticipation immediately prior to the positioning which, in my experience, never fails to be fulfilled. Arkansas Quartz groups are the most neutral. They have great clarity and a pure clean energy that is easily programmable and used mainly for healing and prayer. Brazilian groups, the most common and popular, have an extraordinary variety of energy. Their crystals have a soft heart frequency and are ideal for healing work. They are where beginners usually begin and progressively develop their skills. Adepts, on the other hand, seeking sources of knowledge and learning deep in our ancestral past find energies from Madagascan groups more satisfying.
The varieties of possibility are endless. Each person will find an energy wavelength in tune with their essence. Communication is instant and uncomplicated which explains why quartz crystal groups attract such interest and sell so widely, giving pleasure and meaning to many. Quartz groups whose crystals are plain uncomplicated silica dioxides contain no additional minerals such as iron to make them amethyst, or titanium to make the quartz rose. They are somehow the purest, most pristine and dare I say it, the most glamorous of all the quartzes for their simple beauty alone.
I admit to having one of my own. Something unusual in the extreme. A thin two centimetre wide matrix, six inches long and three across, covered on one side with thousands of tiny crystals on which lie two complex groups of transparent double terminations towards the centre. The other side is almost indescribable. Two amazing clusters of transparent vertical, perpendicular and horizontal double terminated crystals at each end joined together by a fabulous quartz crystal bridge, all the crystals of perfect clarity throughout. Some are like tiny needles, others radiate outwards like tiny spokes from a hub. And the whole thing set in another bed of thousands of tiny crystals. Extraordinary! And it came my way because of golf!
It was a gift from Neville, a tall, gangly mid-forties Jamaican Rastafarian who ran a mineral stall at Camden Lock Market in London and had great pitch at the top end of a cobbled drag that looked out onto Camden High Street. Neville only sold minerals, I sold gem trees, minerals and crystals. Even though my Sunday stall was not too far away across the market we had a live and let live relationship and soon got to know each other well. I liked Neville. He had a great sense of humour and was bright. He liked me because I once helped him sort out some bigots. Neville was married to the sister of Moroccan Brian who wasn’t Moroccan at all but the main importer into the UK of fossils, minerals and crystals from that country, hence the name. Neville’s stall was one of his outlets. Now Neville’s great passion in life was golf. He played it and loved talking about all the greats in the history of the game. I took it all in and one day, in a junk shop somewhere, I came across an ancient set of clubs dating back to the early twentieth century along with a collection of golfing books from that era. I bought them and gave them to him as a gift. The man was totally over the moon. Speechless, which for Neville wasn’t easy. He reciprocated with the quartz group which he knew I’d appreciate.
One Sunday Neville never turned up. I looked for him in the following weeks but I never saw him again. I hope he still plays his golf and still has the clubs. As for myself I still have his wonderful gift. It stands upright on a bookshelf in an alcove so I can see the crystals on both sides glowing under the spotlight. It’s a marvellous thing. I’ve never seen anything quite like it!
As a stallholder on various markets, people have told me why they buy quartz crystal groups. A trader gets to hear many things, talking to so many people. The healing power of quartz crystals and groups is a topic of frequent conversation. Women in particular like to have a group in their living room and often their bedroom. They like its beauty, but also it seems, somehow find it comforting. Maybe it’s the clear uncomplicated flow of energy they feel emanating from the cluster that conveys such a sense. Perhaps they find its clarity reassuring, even protective. A purity, I’ve been told, that provides a protective healing energy that surrounds them and guards them while they sleep. Something that will be there in the morning when they wake up.
Maybe they are searching for the same kind of thing in a man.
