Natural Smokey Quartz Cluster #5 - Phantom!

💎One-off piece - What you see is what you'll get!

📏 Size: 150 x 74 x 63mm

🏋️‍♀️ Weight: 593g

Smokey Quartz is a grounding stone known for its ability to help you move on from difficult or painful experiences. It guides you to a higher state of being, a place where you can let go of the past so that it makes you better, not bitter. It removes negative or unwanted energy.

Smokey Quartz is the national gem of Scotland. In Celtic cultures, it was sacred to the Druids. This stone represented the dark power of the Earth gods and goddesses. It was also associated with the ancient Greek goddess, Hecate, the goddess of magic.

This type of phantom usually occurs in Clear Quartz, but they can also be found in Smokey Quartz, Citrine and Amethyst. They are created when another substance washes over the crystal, leaving a layer on the termination during the crystal's natural growth cycle. The crystal continues to grow, leaving an image of itself where it was at the time the substance washed over it. Phantoms can be made up of such minerals as Chlorite, Goethite, Hematite, or even clay. On occasion, heat can play a part causing a phantom to be visible through a different colour shade. Most often, either Smokey Quartz or Amethyst can display these heat-induced types of phantom. The most powerful phantom configurations are termed as being 3D. This is where the substance has totally covered the entire termination, leaving a 3D image of itself. Phantom crystals are very good for helping us move past blockages, where we may have become stuck. The type of inclusion that makes up the phantom also plays a part in the gifts that these special crystals have to offer us. They can also be used to project growth and plan milestones.

Another type of phantom is when the crystal forms over another pre-existing crystal or other organic matter.

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