Rose Quartz

Origin
Rose quartz belongs to a wide family of quartzes and is distinguished by a pale pink color. The color is considered as due to trace amount
of iron, titanium or manganese.
Rose quartz is found in Madagascar, India, Germany, South Africa and the USA.
Rose quartz used at S&A collections comes from Madagascar.

Name
There are three versions of the origin of the name of this stone: from the Old Germanic word "quarr" ("quarz") used by German miners
to describe this stone as "rasp", the Slavic word "kwardy" means "hard" and the Greek "krystallos" means "ice".

History
Rose quartz has a rich history. The oldest rose quartz beads are dating back to 7000 BC and were found in the area of Mesopotamia (Iraq). The ancients believed in magical powers of quartz and from the very beginning rose quartz symbolized love. The Egyptians believed also that the stone could prevent aging, the Greek and Romans  used rose quartz as potent talismans.