Pink Opal

About Pink Opal

Pink Opal is a gentle, opaque variety of common opal displaying soft pink to peachy-pink hues. Unlike precious opal, it doesn't show play-of-color, but instead radiates a soothing, nurturing energy that makes it one of the most beloved stones for emotional healing, peace, and gentle heart opening.

Crystal Properties

  • Mohs Hardness: 5.5-6.5
  • Chemical Composition: SiO₂·nH₂O (Hydrated Silicon Dioxide)
  • Crystal System: Amorphous (non-crystalline)
  • Colour: Soft pink to peachy-pink, opaque
  • Chakra: Heart Chakra, Crown Chakra
  • Element: Water

Metaphysical Properties

Known as a stone of gentle emotional healing and peace, Pink Opal soothes the heart and releases emotional pain with compassion. It's particularly valued for calming anxiety, healing inner child wounds, and promoting peaceful resolution of emotional issues. Many use Pink Opal to release fear-based emotions, cultivate self-love, and connect with the divine feminine energy of compassion and nurturing.

How to Use Pink Opal

Hold Pink Opal during meditation for emotional healing, place it on your heart chakra to release old wounds, carry it during stressful times for calm, or sleep with it nearby for peaceful dreams. Its gentle energy makes it perfect for sensitive souls and those new to crystal healing.

Caring for Your Pink Opal

  • Cleansing: Water-safe but avoid prolonged soaking as opal contains water. Brief rinse is fine. Best cleansed with sound bowls, sage smoke, or moonlight.
  • Charging: Moonlight only - avoid direct sunlight which can dry out and crack the opal. Full moon charging is ideal.
  • Storage: Moderate hardness at Mohs 5.5-6.5. Store in a soft cloth away from harder stones. Keep in slightly humid environment to prevent drying.
  • Durability: Delicate - can crack if dried out or exposed to extreme temperature changes. Avoid chemicals, perfumes, and harsh cleaners.

Where Pink Opal is Found

Pink Opal forms in volcanic environments where silica-rich solutions deposit in cavities and fractures. The pink color comes from organic compounds or trace minerals. Unlike precious opal, common opal (including Pink Opal) doesn't have the ordered silica sphere structure that creates play-of-color.

Major deposits: Peru (finest quality - Andean Pink Opal), Australia, Mexico, USA (Oregon, Nevada), and Brazil.

Peruvian Pink Opal is considered the highest quality, displaying soft, uniform pink color and smooth texture. It's often called 'Andean Opal' and is highly prized for its gentle energy.

Pink Opal Through History

While opal has been treasured since ancient times, Pink Opal from Peru gained prominence more recently. Indigenous Andean peoples have long valued it as a sacred stone for emotional healing and spiritual connection.

In Peruvian tradition, Pink Opal is associated with the heart of Pachamama (Mother Earth) and is used in ceremonies for healing emotional wounds and connecting with ancestral wisdom. It's considered a stone of renewal and hope.

Ancient cultures believed all opals could make the wearer invisible and protect from harm. Today, Pink Opal is specifically valued for its gentle, nurturing energy and is popular among healers, empaths, and those seeking emotional peace.

Astrological Connections

  • Zodiac: Cancer (primary), also Libra and Scorpio
  • Planetary: Venus and Moon
  • Birth Stone: October (opal family)
  • Numerology: Number 6 (nurturing and harmony)

Crystals That Pair Well With Pink Opal

Pink Opal works gently with other heart-healing and calming stones:

  • Rose Quartz + Pink Opal for deep heart healing and self-love
  • Rhodonite + Pink Opal for emotional healing and forgiveness
  • Lepidolite + Pink Opal for anxiety relief and emotional peace
  • Kunzite + Pink Opal for divine love and gentle healing
  • Pink Amethyst + Pink Opal for emotional balance and spiritual love

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The Soul Embrace Set includes: Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Green Aventurine, Pink Opal, and Lepidolite

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