Published September 2016 • Updated August 2024 • Read Time: 6 minutes
Girasol Quartz, also known as “Milky Quartz” is a variety of Clear Quartz. It can be found wherever Quartz grows, but most of the Girasol on the market comes from Madagascar and South Africa. It is colorless, translucent, and has a subtle opalescence, sometimes appearing to have a pale orange hue from certain angles. This effect is due to microscopic air and water bubbles trapped within the Quartz. These bubbles show bring colors when in Rainbow Obsidian or in manmade Opalite, but in Girasol the affect is discrete. Energetically it is very similar to Clear Quartz, but the energy is a little bit softer, like filtered light rather than bright light.
Girasol Quartz Healing Energy
Spiritual Healing Properties
Girasol Quartz shares the same basic energy as Clear Quartz, except that its energy is slightly softer. It can be used to amplify the power and energy of all other crystals. Girasol Quartz is an especially good stones for energy healers, such as Reiki practitioners, who are actively directing energy from one source and into another for the purpose of healing and positive transformation. Equally important, Girasol Quartz helps energy healers to maintain healthy boundaries and not give away their energy indiscriminately or forget to tap into the Divine Source of all energy.
| Vibrations | Girasol Rose Quartz |
|---|---|
| Chakra | Crown |
| Element | Storm |
| Numerology | All |
| Zodiac | 4 |
Emotional Healing Properties
Girasol Quartz helps us to filter out negative emotions that do not serve us – such as depression, anxiety, fear or anger – and strengthens positive emotions – such as love, compassion and courage. Girasol Quartz can help us to clearly see where emotional growth is needed and what we need to do on a practical level in order to create the happiest and healthiest life possible. When bad things happen to us, Girasol Quartz can help us to learn from the bad experiences and then move on without dwelling. It asks us to let go of any impulse to play the role of the constant victim or martyr, and instead choose to simply learn the lesson and move on. It gently reminds us that we do have some choice in our circumstances and our responses, and that we can choose a path that will lead to more happiness in the long run. It invites us to claim our own Personal Power now!
Mental Healing Properties
Girasol Quartz is a wonderful stone to help us visualize positive goals and then to actively move take the steps to bring our dreams into reality. It enhances both communication and creativity, and helps us to understand complicated situations and correctly determine our role. If we need to let go of certain responsibilities or not take on more than we can handle, it shows us how to do so gracefully. Girasol Quartz is especially good for any “wisdompreneur,” a business person working in areas that call for great wisdom, such as a therapist or life coach.
Physical Healing Properties
Girasol Quartz can be used wherever Clear Quartz is used, most often in conjunction with other healing stones to amplify their specific power. Girasol Quartz is said to be specifically useful for treating chronic fatigue syndrome and to help with immune system imbalances.
Geology of Girasol Quartz
Where does Girasol Quartz come from?
Quartz is found throughout the world, but the variety known as Girasol Quartz is found only in Madagascar and South Africa.
Mining and Treatments
Quartz is found all over the world and may be a primary or secondary mineral in a mining operation. In most cases, Amethyst is the only variety that is valuable enough to justify a larger-scale mine. Other quartz varieties are typically mined in tandem with other precious metals and minerals, but by themselves wouldn’t be valuable enough to justify the work. Generally, the Quartz is found in its primary location still associated with its igneous rock matrix. Girasol Quartz is an opalescent variety of Clear Quartz.
All Clear Quartz is natural and enhanced only by cutting and polishing. The most desirable varieties are transparent, either clear as glass or with attractive prisms that sparkle in the light and cast rainbows. Girasol Quartz has a slight opalescent quality, which means that instead of looking like glass, it reflects light back and changes color, most often appearing to have a faint orangish hue.
Girasol Quartz
Mineral Family
Girasol Quartz is a Silicate mineral. Silicate minerals are the largest family of minerals, including more than 25% of all known minerals and 40% of all common minerals. In addition to being a major part of the Earth’s crust, silicate minerals have also been found on the moon and in meteorites. Silicates are minerals which contain the elements silicon (a light gray shiny metal) and oxygen (a colorless gas). Together, these two elements form a tetrahedra – a shape similar to a pyramid – with a silicon atom in the center and oxygen atoms at each of the three corners. These tetrahedra connect with other chemical structures, in six different ways, to form a wide variety of minerals and rocks. There are six main groups of silicate minerals, and these main groups are further subdivided into secondary subdivisions, such as Quartz and Feldspar. The Quartz family has two main main groups, macro-crystalline and micro-crystalline. The macro-crystalline minerals form large well-shaped crystals that are often transparent, while the micro-crystalline only form microscopic crystals and are always opaque. Girasol Quartz is an opalescent variety of Clear Quartz.
Girasol Quartz’s energy works well with its family – other macrocrystalline Quartz minerals. Try it in combination with Amethyst, Ametrine, Citrine, Prasiolite, Rose Quartz and Smoky Quartz. It works particularly well with Girasol Rose Quartz.
Girasol Quartz Formation and Crystal Associates
Quartz crystals are created when liquid magma from a volcanic eruption cools down and transforms into igneous rocks. During this cooling down period, silica acid bubbles shift from being a gas/liquid into a solid compound. The bubble becomes a hollow space in the igneous rock and the silica acid becomes Quartz crystals. Once the Quartz has formed, a large hollow is often called a “druze,” while a smaller hollow is a “geode.” These druze and geodes can be removed from the host rock and then split open to revel the crystals inside. If no trace elements are present to change its color, the silica acid becomes Clear Quartz. In the case of Girasol Quartz, during formation aluminum-rich water bubbles became trapped inside the crystal, resulting in an opalescent sheen. This is similar to the way that Black Obsidian becomes Rainbow Obsidian.
Girasol Quartz’s energy works well with its “friends” – crystal associates formed in the same geological environment. Try it in combination with Dumortierite and Hematite Quartz.
| Mineralogy | Girasol Quartz |
|---|---|
| Chemical Formula | SiO2 |
| Cleavage | None |
| Color | Colorless |
| Crystal System | Hexagonal/trigonal |
| Form/Habit | Prismatic |
| Fracture | Conchoidal |
| Hardness – Mohs Scale | 7 |
| Luminescence | Pale yellow, white, or blue (short and long wave) |
| Luster | Vitreous |
| Mineral Family | Tectosilicate |
| Specific Gravity | 2.7 |
| Streak | White |
| Transparency | Translucent to opaque |
History of Girasol Quartz
Quartz comes in every shade of the rainbow. While some colors of Quartz, like purple Amethyst, have long historical traditions, others like pink Rose Quartz were barely mentioned prior to the last few decades. This is partially because their primary deposits weren’t found until relatively recently and also because these semi-precious gems don’t have the same monetary value as their more expensive cousins. During the 20th century, the metaphysical properties of each shade of Quartz was explored by crystal intuitives who wrote down their impressions in modern lapidaries. Rose Quartz underwent the greatest transformation, going from a barely known pink mineral to one of the most important healing crystal of our time.
Girasol Quartz is a marketing name for a variety of Quartz that displays an opalescent quality. The definition of Girasol is “to reflect light in a luminous glow.” The word originated in the late 16th century in Italy from gira “to turn” and sole “sun.” The opalescent affect in Girasol Quartz is natural and typically subtle. By contrast, this effect is very noticeable in Opalite, a manmade opalized glass. When Opalite is placed against a dark background, it appears blueish, when it is placed against a light background it appears reddish. Both Girasole Quartz and Opalite get their opalescence from microscopic water or gas bubbles.
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