Rose quartz is a pink variety of Quartz that gets its color from inclusions of titanium, often as tiny bits of rutile (which is simply a needle-shaped formation of titanium dioxide).

A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Rose Quartz: “Love and value your unique, authentic self. Bask in the excitement of sharing your gifts for the highest good of all.”

Common Healing Properties of Rose Quartz:

• Promotes unconditional love, peace, and compassion
• Inspires self-love
• Promotes an attitude of Lovingkindness
• Facilitates peace and calming
• Instills tenderness
• Promotes mutual understanding
• Adds spark to a romance and promotes trust
• Eases difficult feelings associated with mid-life crisis
• Soothes a broken heart
• Helps with emotional balance
• Encourages friendship & maternal love
• Eases the grieving process
• Promotes forgiveness, trust, and understanding
• Connects you with the emotional healing quality of water

The staff from my new age shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts, had this to share:

Rose quartz is the astrological stone for Taurus. Rose quartz, which is simply quartz tinted pink by various mineral traces, has always been the Love Stone. Rose quartz is an excellent “relationship” stone, promoting love in all its forms: romance, friendship, family, and even self-love. It only rarely forms gem-grade crystals but has been used in carving for a very long time. Because of its associations with unconditional love, it is often used in religious carving, including prayer beads and figurines which we carry in the store. All this should appeal to the warm heart of Taurus!

Rose quartz contains titanium, often as tiny bits of rutile (which is simply a needle-shaped formation of titanium dioxide).

Metaphysical uses: Romantic love, maternal love, the love between friends, unconditional love, self-love–you name it! Every kind of love has been associated with rose quartz. It’s an especially good stone to put under your pillow; depending on your circumstances, this is supposed to attract love, enhance a current relationship, or heal a broken heart. You can also make a rejuvenating face wash by leaving a chunk of rose quartz in water overnight, and then washing your face with it in the morning. (With the water, that is, not the rock.)