Rose quartz is said to enhance love in all relationships, including self-love, motherly love, and both platonic and romantic love. In addition, rose quartz is thought to enhance trust, clarity and harmony, to remove anxiety, and to reduce stress. The ancient Japanese, to whom quartz represented perfection, believed the stone was formed from the breath of a White Dragon. Rose quartz is known as the essential stone for increasing love and for times of extreme emotional turmoil, such as divorce, bereavement or career set backs because it helps to remind the wearer of the importance of self-love. It stimulates the body’s amorous centers and can result in peace and fidelity in committed relationships. The stone opens our hearts and encourages us to be tender, peaceful and gentle, all the while teaching forgiveness and tolerance, both of self and of others. Furthermore, rose quartz promotes receptivity to the finer things in life, to the beauty of human creation, specifically art, music, poetry, and literature. Rose quartz can reinvigorate our souls after traumatic situations, opening us anew to feelings of love and the beauty of the world. So much for a stone, and yet, holding this necklace in our hands, we begin to have a sense of all there is to love.