Collection: Pink Opal

As an opal gemstone, pink opal inherently symbolizes protection. Along with other pink gemstones, pink opal represents love, gentleness, and healing.

However, pink opal’s meaning slightly differs from other pink stones. Take pink opal vs. rose quartz, for instance. While both stones represent love and healing, rose quartz generally symbolizes compassion and romance, while pink opal is more about being kind to yourself.

One nickname for pink opal, “The Stone of Spiritual Awakening,” is rooted in its purported connection to the divine. According to Greek mythology, opals formed from the joyful tears Zeus wept after defeating the Titans, and other cultures saw opals as blessings dropped from heaven.

Similarly, some Egyptian beliefs surrounding pink opal metaphysical properties remain today, as pink opal is still a “Hope Stone” to many modern energy healers.

It can be hard to focus on your hopes for the future when you’re bogged down with worries or emotional wounds that need attention.

So, how do you use pink opal for healing?

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What Are Pink Opals Good For?
Pink opal healing properties focus on the heart, in particular by bringing empathy, forgiveness, and acceptance.

Have you ever helped someone else when you felt down and discovered the healing effects of shifting your focus this way? You’re not alone! In fact, a 2016 psychological study published in Psychosomatic Medicine showed that giving had greater stress-reducing benefits than receiving.

When you’re dealing with stress, pink opal can remind you to take a step back to help others. The stone can inspire empathy and bring clarity, allowing you to be an open-minded, compassionate friend to someone in need.

Of course, you still have to take care of yourself. Pink opal can provide healing by balancing emotions and soothing anxiety.

If your emotional distress is rooted in guilt, pink opal can help there, too. As the “Peace and Penance Stone,” pink opal helps us forgive ourselves for mistakes of the past and look toward our hopes for the future instead.

On a physical level, pink opal is purported to aid heart conditions, be it an irregular heartbeat or circulation issues. Additionally, the stone may boost stamina and calm an upset stomach.

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What Chakra Is Pink Opal?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, pink opal is great for balancing the heart chakra.

Located at the sternum, the heart chakra is the center of compassion and spiritual connection. You’ll know the chakra is unbalanced if you start to feel isolated, numb, or overwhelmed by negative thoughts.

When you use pink opal to balance the heart chakra, you can open yourself to meaningful connections with others and accept the ebbs and flows of life with peace.

If you’re using pink opal for healing, you’ll want to cleanse it regularly.

How to use: 

There are no guides on how to use pink opal, place wherever you feel you need the energy of this stone. Maybe by your beside table? Near you while working through a stressful and highly emotional job? Somewhere where you meditate. 

How to Cleanse 
When you use crystals for healing, the stone absorbs negative energies so you don’t have to. However, too many energies can make the stone “full,” and unable to do its job. Cleansing the stone gets rid of those energies so you can continue using it!

Hold your pink opal under running water for 1-2 minutes. If possible, a stream or river is the best choice, but tap water will do the trick.

Bury your opal in soil overnight, either outside or in a plant pot indoors.

Burn some sage or incense and smudge the stone with the smoke.

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