Nirvana Quartz is a variety of quartz that was only discovered in 2006 when the Himalayan glaciers began to recede due to global warming.
This type of crystal is also known as ice quartz, as many of the pieces have strange shaped forms and resemble pieces of ice.
They are very high vibration crystals with strong metaphysical properties which help you to move towards that state that is known as enlightenment.
Using them may help your spiritual awakening, as they have a powerful crystal energy that is easily felt within the higher chakras.
In particular, you may notice its energy at the third eye, crown and soul star chakras, as well as at the heart and thymus chakras, and at the lower chakras, if you choose to use them there.
They have a pleasing vibration, that helps you to make a strong connection with the loving energy of the heart. They are excellent to use in meditation, to aid you to create a deeper spiritual connection, that will move your spiritual growth forward in a profound way.
The word Nirvana comes from the Buddhist religion, and relates to reaching a state where you are able to let go of those things that bind you in the perpetual state of living life after life.
It may also relate to the desire to experience a state of bliss, when you have released karmic debts. It is said at this time you reach a state of enlightenment, and achieve a new level of existence known as Nirvana.
These crystals lay under the glacial ice on the Himalayan mountains in northern India, until the ice melted and they were exposed for the first time in thousands of years.
This quartz variety is also known as Lemurian Scalar Quartz, Himalayan ice quartz, as well as growth interference quartz.
This last name is because most Nirvana Quartz crystals have not grown in a normal way, as they had other crystals growing with them, including calcite, fluorite and anhydrite.
These minerals later slipped away, and left the strange shapes found in many of the crystals.
Nirvana Quartz aka Nirvana Ice Quartz, Ice Quartz and Kulli Quartz, is a rare and recent discovery. In 2006, these different looking quartz crystals were discovered over 18,000 feet up in the Himalaya Mountains in India. Today, the mines are believed to be completely depleted of these special crystals.
These crystals are referred to as “growth interference” crystals because calcite or other minerals grew inside the quartz during its formative years. Eventually, these mineral inclusions dissolved leaving the rather odd looking shapes.
How “Nirvana Quartz” formed:
It is believed that they remained under ice for thousands of years. When the glaciers began to melt, as a result of global warming, these crystals became exposed. Their serrated, contoured and often stubby “icy” formations resemble the sheets of ice and crevices that were hiding them for so long.
The nirvana ice comes in two colors, clear and pink, with neither one more common. The pink is a result of mineral inclusions (most likely iron) that formed in or near the surfaces. Even though each piece has its own irregular shape with no two being alike, they belong to the same family: quartz (silicon dioxide).
Having been buried for so long, they have now finally come alive and want to help us adjust to what lies ahead. It is not surprising that their energy represents our past and our future. Nirvana, as it pertains to this crystal, means “enlightenment” and nirvana quartz is indeed associated with our inner enlightenment.
Nirvana provides a link between our head and our heart. Even though clear nirvana represents our head and pink represents our heart, the energy from either flows between our head and our heart.
In preparing for meditation, nirvana quartz brings us profound peace, inner silence and quiets our thoughts. Here is what Melody (Love Is In the Earth) has to say regarding this rare growth interference quartz… “Nirvana helps us access the astral, ethereal and other higher realms to help us remove barriers and understand the step wise progression. It helps us understand and get through traumas and change with ease. Nirvana also teaches us that the end of every journey or experience is the beginning of enjoyment and pleasure.”
Nirvana’s energy is a gentle strength that even those who are not normally tuned into crystals can feel. The more we work with nirvana, the more we receive conscious messages and visions which unfold providing us guidance in reaching our highest and best path.
Nirvana ice helps us overcome challenges and painful experiences while still maintaining strength and inner beauty.
Thank you also to Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian, co-authors of the “The Book of Stones” for their valuable info on this fabulous stone.
Once the “nirvana ice” is gone, they will probably be gone forever. That explains why they are on the expensive side. If you are drawn to these VERY SPECIAL CRYSTALS, you should get them now.
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