Strawberry Quartz | Sphere 231gms

✨ Comes with Rosewood timber stand pictured

⚖️ Weight: 231gms 

📏 Size: 5.5cm diameter

🌍 Source: Madagascar

🔮 Strawberry Quartz: The Amulet of Universal Love

💚 ❤️ 💜 💛 Heart Chakra, Root Chakra, Crown Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra

These beautiful Strawberry Quartz spheres are filled with delicate pink to red inclusions that give the crystal its distinctive strawberry-like appearance. Each is completely individual, with some displaying fine sparkling inclusions scattered throughout the Quartz and others showing denser areas of pink and red that seem to float beneath the polished surface.

Strawberry Quartz is a variety of included Quartz, named for the tiny reddish inclusions that create its characteristic colour and texture. The material sold under this name can vary considerably, and its inclusions may be associated with iron-rich minerals such as Hematite and Lepidocrocite. This natural variation is part of its appeal, with no two pieces developing exactly the same internal pattern.

Polishing the material into spheres gives you a wonderful view into those inclusions from every direction. Turn one in the light and different areas become visible, from soft wispy formations and tiny flecks to deeper strawberry-red concentrations within the clearer Quartz.

The sphere itself has long been associated with unity, wholeness and balance. Its continuous surface also makes it particularly suited to included Quartz, allowing the internal formations to be appreciated without a single dominant viewing side.

Metaphysically, Strawberry Quartz is traditionally associated with love, emotional balance, gratitude and bringing a little more joy into everyday life. Its connection with the heart makes it popular for those wanting something a little warmer and more uplifting in their crystal collection.

🔮 Spheres

There is something about a beautifully polished sphere that allows you to appreciate a crystal from every angle.

Unlike a point or freeform, a sphere has no obvious front or back. Its rounded form allows the natural patterns, banding, inclusions, colour changes and internal features of the stone to continue around the entire piece, often revealing something completely different each time it is turned.

For collectors, spheres can be an incredible way to showcase the geology of a material. Highly included Quartz can become a miniature landscape, Fluorite can reveal layers of colour and zoning, while Agates and Jaspers can display patterns that wrap continuously around the stone.

The sphere itself has been used symbolically across many cultures, representing wholeness, unity, harmony and completeness due to its continuous form.

Metaphysically, crystal spheres are traditionally believed to radiate their energy evenly in all directions, making them popular for placing within a room, meditation space or crystal display. Smaller spheres can also be held comfortably in the palm during meditation or quiet reflection.

Whether chosen for its mineralogy, natural beauty, symbolism or simply because you cannot stop turning it around to see what is on the other side, a sphere is one of our favourite ways to experience a crystal.