SMOKEY QUARTZ
Thought to be a stone of protection, placing smokey quartz in the corners of your home and at the door is said to create a protective shield from negativity and help to cleanse you as you enter the house so you can leave behind the worries and anxieties of the day.
Healing: Traditionally thought to gently dissolve negative energies & blockages. Excellent grounding stone for meditation. Thought to be helpful when overcoming addictions and improving positive outlook. Traditionally associated with muscular spasms and pains.
Cool facts: Smokey Quartz is one of the National stones of Scotland and has been considered a sacred stone here for a long time, a belief dating back to the Druids.
A particular type of smoky quartz found exclusively in the Cairngorm mountain range is known as 'Cairngorm quartz', 'Cairngorm stone' or simply 'Cairngorm'. This is a citrine smokey quartz and is now very rarely found. It was extraordinarily popular during the Victorian age and was a favourite gem of the queen herself.