Rose Quartz
Variety of quartz
Common · SiO₂
Pink quartz coloured by microscopic fibres of a pink dumortierite-like mineral rather than by trace elements as previously thought. Rarely forms well-defined crystals; typically massive. Common in granitic pegmatites.
Identity
- Formula
- SiO₂
- Chemical class
- Silicate
- Mineral group
- Agate, Amethyst, Bloodstone, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Citrine, Jasper, Moss Agate, Onyx, Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Tiger's Eye
- Also known as
- Pink quartz
Crystallography
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Habits
- Massive
- Fracture
- Conchoidal
Physical properties
- Mohs hardness
- 7
- Density
- 2.65 g/cm³
- Luster
- Vitreous, Waxy
- Colors
- pink, pale pink, deep pink
- Streak
- white
- Transparency
- Translucent, Transparent
Geology
- Origins
- Igneous, Hydrothermal
- Host rocks
- Granite
- Associated minerals
- feldspar, Tourmaline, Mica
- Found in
- Hydrothermal vein (lode), Pegmatite deposit
- Geography
- Brazil, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka
Classification
- Rarity
- Common
- Gem quality
- Yes
Sources
- Rose Quartz. Mindat.org (Hudson Institute of Mineralogy).
- Rose Quartz Description. Gemological Institute of America, Gem Encyclopedia.
- J. W. Anthony, R. A. Bideaux, K. W. Bladh, M. C. Nichols, Quartz. Mineral Data Publishing, Handbook of Mineralogy, 2001.
- Quartz. Mindat.org (Hudson Institute of Mineralogy).
- M. Pasero and others, IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, The New IMA List of Minerals, updated September 2026. International Mineralogical Association (CNMNC), 2026.
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