Stone 101
Clear quartz that sat near natural radiation underground for ages and turned smoky brown.
Smoky quartz runs from pale tea brown to almost black, and light glows through it. Here you'll find points, clusters, generators, spheres, wands, chunks and beads.
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The basics
It's the same mineral as clear quartz. The difference is tiny traces of aluminium inside the crystal.
Over a very long time, natural radiation from the surrounding rock changes those aluminium spots so they soak up light.
The very dark, almost black kind is called morion.
Rituals, not rules
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Straight talk
Natural smoky quartz gets its colour underground. Some smoky quartz on the market is clear quartz irradiated in a lab to darken it, and it's very hard to tell apart. Heated smoky quartz can also turn yellow and get sold as citrine. If one of our pieces were treated, the title would say so.
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Good questions
It's traditionally linked with grounding, protection and letting go. Most people pick it because they love that warm, see-through smoky brown.
Yes, it's natural quartz coloured by natural radiation underground. Some pieces on the market are lab-irradiated clear quartz, which is why treated pieces should be labelled.
Yes. It's a hard quartz, so a rinse is fine. Just keep it out of strong sun, since the colour can fade.
Rinse it under the tap, or try smoke, sound or a night on selenite. Skip sunbathing it.
