Can Rose Quartz Go in Salt? In the Water? In the Sun?

Rose quartz is a variety of quartz well known for its soft pink color. It represents love and is considered able to bring us happiness, known as the stone of love.

If you want to cleanse your rose quartz stone using salt, it is better to figure out this question first: Can rose quartz go in salt? Depending on the chemical composition and physical properties, some stones should not be cleaned with salt.

Can Rose Quartz Go in Salt?

Yes, rose quartz can go in salt. In fact, using salt to cleanse rose quartz is one of the most common and effective ways. Rose quartz can also go in salt water. So if you want to use a salty solution to cleanse the stone, it works too.

To be detailed, since salt is corrosive and may abrade stones, we cannot use it on soft stones. If we do so, the salt will make these stones opaque and dull. Luckily, rated at 7 out of 10 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, rose quartz is not one of them.

Stones that cannot be exposed to salt include turquoise, malachite, calcite, amber, topaz, lapis lazuli, moonstone, opal, and coral.

That being said if you are still worried that salt or salty water might damage your rose quartz stone, feel free to choose other cleansing methods like smudging.

Can Rose Quartz Go in the Water?

Yes, rose quartz can go in the water. Water will not react with rose quartz stones, causing them to dissolve or rust.

However, we need to avoid high temperatures and acidic or alkaline liquids, which can cause pink quartz to lose its luster and color. Therefore, rose quartz can go in the water, but we should not wear it in the bath.

If you are interested, soluble stones like calcite should not be placed in water as they will dissolve. Metallic stones like pyrite or hematite will rust when in contact with water.

Black tourmaline can be placed in water, but as it is a very fragile stone, it may break. Therefore, I would not recommend that you cleanse it using water.