Blue Quartz / Sapphire Quartz / Lazur
—polished and matte blue semi-precious stones, drilled, made into bracelets and pendants

Blue quartz is a natural stone with beautiful blue hues that evoke the sky and water.
In crystal healing, its soothing benefits and properties are associated with communication, self-expression, and active listening.

Read more: The virtues of Blue Quartz in lithotherapy, its history and mineralogy

What are the virtues and properties of Blue Quartz in lithotherapy?

Truth – Protection – Peace – Communication – Expression – Listening – Healing – Resilience

Its energies primarily affect the throat chakra. Calm and soothing, blue quartz helps us understand and experience the world with greater clarity.

Ancient benefits and powers

Blue quartz is found in various regions of the world.

One might assume that, because of its contemporary symbolic association with serenity, communication, and inner depth, many ancient cultures linked it to the deities of water and the sky. But there is no evidence to support this. For example: using turquoise, lapis lazuli, blue faience, and Egyptian blue pigment, the ancient Egyptians valued the color blue as a symbol of the sky, the Nile, and the divine. There is no archaeological evidence to support the claim that natural blue quartz held a symbolic value similar to that of these materials.

Thus, its spiritual symbols stem primarily from contemporary traditions in crystal healing in the 20th and 21st centuries.

March's Stone of the Month

This is not an official association, but in Western crystal healing, blue quartz is associated with the month of March because its color is similar to that of aquamarine.
 

In lithotherapy, a stone linked to communication and truth

In crystal healing, blue quartz is considered a stone of calm and communication.

Its association with the element of air signifies mental clarity and enlightening exchange through the expression of clear, measured thoughts.

The water element promotes the development of emotions through its soothing and balancing energy.

By opening the throat chakra and helping to release emotions and feelings—as well as the “lumps” in the throat—it acts as an antidote to stress and anxiety. It brings a sense of calm, tranquility, and serenity.

It can thus help reduce anxiety related to communication itself, supporting the ability to listen to oneself and others by fostering trust in others. Blue quartz can serve as a bridge between the emotions we feel and their verbal expression. We overcome shyness just as we overcome the fear of judgment.

Meditations

Blue quartz is also used for meditation. Calmness and emotional stability allow us to reflect on a personal truth that connects our thoughts to the words we speak.

Blue quartz is associated with the symbols of truth, as it embodies peace, clarity, and honest communication.

Physical effects

There is no scientific evidence of any physical effects of blue quartz. It is sometimes claimed that its symbolic protective properties help strengthen the immune system.

You can discover another blue crystal that helps relieve anxiety and has properties that facilitate communication: Cyanite. See here.
 

Which stones go well with blue quartz?

Blue quartz is often paired with other stones that promote communication or emotional calm, depending on the desired benefits:

 

On the Hardness of Blue Quartz and Its Association with Other Minerals

Blue quartz has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale—it is a durable stone. Among the stones we recommend pairing with it, it can be scratched by aquamarine (7.5 to 8), may scratch or be
scratched by chalcedony (6.5 to 7), and can scratch angelite (3 to 3.5) or lapis lazuli (5 to 5.5).
Handle with care!
 

Purifying your Blue Quartz

Refilling and cleaning

Clear, unsalted water for a short time / moonlight / smudging (with sage or palo santo) / breath / wind, intention / singing bowl, form waves, sound vibrations / a cluster of quartz or an amethyst geode
Care to avoid
Prolonged exposure to high temperatures / thermal shock / harsh chemicals / abrasive cleaning

Associated astrological signs

Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces: water signs will strengthen intuition and their ability to communicate.

Chakras

Throat Chakra (Vishuddha)
smoothness of interpersonal communication
Third eye (Ajna) chakra
intuition, authenticity, understanding of oneself and others

Elements

Air
speech and dialogue
Water
soothing emotions
 

Mineralogy of Blue Quartz

Blue quartz is a variety of quartz (SiO₂) whose bluish color is generally not due to the structure of the quartz itself, but to microscopic inclusions of minerals such as magnesioriebeckite, crocidolite, certain blue tourmalines, dumortierite, or other minerals, or to light scattering phenomena (Rayleigh scattering) caused by submicroscopic inclusions.

It will be translucent or opaque depending on the nature and abundance of these inclusions.

It crystallizes in the trigonal system and has a vitreous luster.

Under conditions of high temperature and pressure, blue quartz forms primarily in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites.

It is found primarily in Spain, Brazil, the United States, and in Africa—in Namibia and Madagascar—as well as in many other metamorphic or hydrothermal regions around the world.

Its hardness on the Mohs scale is 7, and its density is close to 2.65.

Lithotherapy

  • Zodiac(s) :
    • Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Taurus, Virgo
  • Purification :
    • Singing bowl, Water, Fumigation, Moon, Form waves
  • Physics :
    • Gorge
  • Emotional :
    • Clarity, Stress
  • Disorder(s):
    • Burn-out

Mineralogy

  • Hardness :
    • 7.0
  • Moths scale:
    • 7
  • Strunz classification :
    • Oxides and Hydroxides
  • Chemical element :
    • Si, O, Ti
  • Line color :
    • White
  • Density :
    • 2.65
  • Cleavage :
    • Imperfect (parallel to rhombohedral surface)
  • Fracture:
    • Conchoidal
  • Transparency :
    • Translucent
  • Colors :
    • Translucent light blue
*Please note that lithotherapy is not a substitute for serious medical treatment.
*Please note! Some minerals may be toxic and must not be licked or ingested (as such or in the form of powder, elixir or stone water) or be in prolonged contact with the skin or mucous membranes.
*The information on the stones described here are general indications based on our research and experience, and are not exhaustive.

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