Crystal · Sunlit tenderness
Kunzite
- Chakra
- Heart
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Venus
- Tarot
- Six of Cups, The Lovers
Crystal correspondences are traditional; the descriptions are original to this site.
What Kunzite means
Pale lilac-pink and glassy, kunzite is spodumene tinted by traces of manganese, named in 1903 for the Tiffany gemologist George Kunz, who first described it. Its colour is delicate, prone to fading toward white after too long in strong sun.
Emotional properties
Somewhere in a drawer is the card you meant to send and didn't, or the message you drafted and deleted. Take kunzite out of its wrapping on the evening you finally write it; its lilac pink suits words more tender than you usually allow yourself. Send it before you can talk yourself into a cooler version.
Spiritual properties
Each morning for a week, hold kunzite for a minute and name one person you mean to be gentle with that day. This is love as a practice rather than a feeling you wait for. Write the names down as you go. By Sunday the list is a record of a heart that stayed open on ordinary days.
Physical properties
Jewellers call kunzite an evening stone, since its pink keeps best out of strong sun. The body has an evening too: the unhurried hours after work, when a long hug at the door or a slow foot rub does more for you than any errand. Wear it then, close to the skin, where it reminds your body that being held is allowed.
Care and cleansing
Kunzite fades toward white after long spells in direct sun, and it splits easily along its cleavage, so keep it wrapped in a closed box between wearings. Cleanse it in a little incense smoke rather than a long soak, and charge it by lamplight in the evening, the hours its colour suits best.
A question to sit with
Why do you keep guarding the tenderness you actually want to show?
Stones that share a chakra
- LarimarTidal composure
- LepidoliteLayered calm
- MalachiteBanded protection
- MoldaviteFallen from the sky
- MorganiteSoft resolve
- Moss agateMoss, not agate
- Ocean jasperPatterns from the tide
- Peacock oreBorrowed brilliance