Herkimer Diamond Quartz Brazil

With the broadening of the term of quartz called Herkimer Diamond Quartz, the beautiful double terminated crystal versions from Brazil are now included under this name.

The diamond name is now applied to double terminated points that have the two end points very close to each other. These points have wonderful clarity  sometimes they have rainbows but are always full of life. Most of these crystals have inclusions and ours are no exception. Sometimes several double terminated points may grow together into a cluster.

The herkimer diamond meaning is that they have a purer light, clears the chakras and opens channels for spiritual energy to flow. It stimulates conscious attunement to the highest level by activating and opening the Crown and Third Eye chakras. I actually haven’t tested the Brazilian and Moroccan crystals but they feel gentler than those from New York which are also on the website.

• And we have the Tibetan versions – click here.
• Read more about the crystal shape.
• Dimensions are approximate – use my hand in the photo as a guide.

They are nicer than the photos suggest with more clarity. So I created a video to help you decide – click here.

These Brazilian Herkimer diamond quartz crystals suits someone who wants to expand but in a gentler fashion.

Weight	12 g
Dimensions	30 × 15 × 15 mm
Colour	Clear / Cloudy
Country Crystal Grew	Brazil
Size	Medium

Healing Properties

Benefits of Clear Quartz and Common Variations

• Alternate names: Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
• This Section covers: Clear Quartz, Peruvian Needle Quartz, Chlorite in Quartz, Cacoxenite in Quartz, Garden Quartz
• Other Sections cover: Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Rutilated Quartz, Lemurian Seed Quartz, Herkimer Diamond, Hematite/Hematoid Quartz, etc

General Clear Quartz Properties

• Absorbs, releases and regulates energy.
• Excellent at unblocking it.
• Amplifies other crystals beside it.
• Master healer for anything.
• Releases all colours so excellent energy balancer & raises energy to the highest possible level.
• Helps release distractions & brings spiritual peace.
• Assists concentration & unlocks memory.
• Aids connection as it enhances your spiritual abilities allowing images, re-collections and feelings to surface so you can utilise them or clear them.
• Increases clarity of thought.
• Said to clear and stimulates immune and nervous systems and regulate body’s energy flow.

Note facet shape adds to properties read about the faces here.

• Primary Chakra: ALL
• Astrological sign(s): ALL
• Vibration: Number 4

Additional Properties of Variations

Peruvian Needle Clear Quartz

From the Andes Mountains

• High vibrational quartz raises consciousness and clarity of thought to a new level,
• supporting and motivating a new stage of successful spiritual growth!
• Since mid decade, a new portal of conscious opened in the area allowing an even high vibration of new information to come through (Shamarah and kryon.com).

Cacoxenite in Quartz

Beautiful tufts / strands of gold, yellow and brown - often fanning. Mainly found in amethyst or quartz from Brazil Cacoxenite in quartz raises spiritual awareness and "provides a loving and ethereal connection between all of the universe. It encourages a conscious awareness of the significance in random events to guide us on the right path, and in sensing the essence of the Creator in the beauty of nature and the kindness of people." [Melody, 177][Eason, 105]Hall, 81]

Chlorite in Quartz

Green spots and splashes in clear quartz. Most often from Brazil. Emerald green colour coated all over a quartz cluster is painted quartz from China - the quartz is usually a milky quartz that wouldn't have sold easily.

• Heart healing from wounds of the past.
• Allowing a strong heart-mind and emotional-intellectual connection and balance.

Garden Quartz / Lodolite

Inclusions may be one or more of the following: hematite, chlorite, carbon, kaolinite, clay, etc. Most often from Brazil.

• Helps you connect to the Earth, her wonder and her support to uplift.
• Develops your imagination so psychic abilities improve.
• Connects to past life issues more easily so the shadow-self understood, forgiveness given and the fears released.
• Makes better your vulnerability when disappointed in relationships.
• Helps you move into another act of life away from standing in the wings of your own stage.
• Offers change at the right time so you enjoy new adventure.
• Said to assist with congestion & obstruction problems.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Quartz

Quartz is a very common mineral in its crystal form as well as combined with other minerals (like tiger eye, aventurine, citrine..)

General Identification

• Type: Mineral
• Class: Silicates
• Category: Oxides
• Formula: SiO2 Silicon Dioxide
• Crystal System: Trigonal
• Habit: 6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical), drusy, fine-grained to microcrystalline, massive
• Mohs Hardness:  7, less if impurities
• Luster / Diaphaneity: Transparent to nearly opaque, Vitreous, in massive: waxy or dull.
• Colour: Colorless through various colors to black. Each colour usually has a different name like Amethyst, Rose Quartz ...

Special Notes

• Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal or clear quartz, is colorless and transparent or translucent
• Commonly occurs in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
  • Often found in mineral veins with metal ores.
• Often been used for hardstone carvings,
• Many additional properties occur depending on mineral inclusions, coatings, shape, facets, cluster shapes, location, unusual influences during growth and coatings.
• When contaminants are added to the process the crystals take on a yellow, red, or other tint.
• Following is a list of contaminating elements and related colour hues:
  • carbon - black
  • cobalt - green/blue
  • chromium - green/blue
  • copper - green/blue
  • iron oxides - red, pink, brown, orange and yellow
  • manganese - pink/orange
  • manganese oxides - blackish/yellow
  • titanium - pink
  • lithium - pink/purple
  • Other factors affecting colour
  • white - minute fluid inclusions of gas, liquid
  • blue - magnesio-riebeckite, dumortierite or tourmaline inclusions

Additional Information About Varieties

Tibetan/Sichuan Quartz:

• Said to be found in the three areas bordering Tibet and China actually many now from the Sechuan province.
• Often has black inclusions which may be are all magnesium or carbon.