Green Quartz

prasiolite — the leek-green crystal

Green Quartz rough specimen on dark stone
Provenance
Brazil · Poland
Mineral family
Quartz — the green of iron rearranged
Hardness
Mohs 7 — wear-ready
Energy
Growth — The new-leaf frequency — quiet increase, season over season.
Green quartz is amethyst’s neighbor with the iron arranged another way — prasiolite, from the Greek for leek. It is among the quieter greens in the mineral world: no envy in it, just the color of things still growing.
“Green is the color the earth keeps for what it means to continue.”Trade lore · prasiolite