Pink Opal Crystal Guide: meaning, origin & properties
Learn what Pink Opal is, where ours comes from, traditional associations across cultures, and how to identify a real specimen, in our complete Pink Opal Crystal Guide.
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Read our Sourcing Standards →These are A-grade Pink Opal hand polished stones from Ica, Peru, sold by the piece or by the pound. Pink Opal is a common opal whose pastel pink comes from palygorskite inclusions rather than play-of-color. Each piece runs 0.75-1.25 inches at Mohs 5-5.5, fully natural and untreated. A favorite self love stone for bedside tables.
Pink Opal is part of the oxide/silicate family.
Our tumbled stones are sourced from Ica, Peru.
Peruvian pink opal discovered and valued in modern times.
Those who work with pink opal often turn to it for opening to connection, with yourself and others, coming back to yourself with kindness, and working through difficult feelings at your own pace. It's traditionally linked to the heart chakra. If that resonates, hold one over your chest for a few breaths when you need to soften. How you use it is up to you.
These are traditional associations drawn from historical practice. This stone is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.
A starting place for your own quiet practice.