Cleansing your crystals with the element of water is a powerful tool to raise their vibration, but not all crystals should come into contact with water. 

What might happen?

Some crystals are very delicate and sensitive to water and therefore should not get wet. Water may damage your crystals surface, cause deterioration or significant colour changes. It could rust the mineral or be corrosive dissolving it away before your eyes.

Moh's Hardness Scale

I’ll keep it simple, a quick google search will tell you all about the Moh’s harness scale, basically it’s a scientific scale of how hard a gem or mineral is and can give an indication to its sensitivity to water. A Moh’s of 6 or less then its usually not water safe. 

I’d recommend doing your own research and google each stone in your crystal collection.

A guide to water safe crystals 

As a general quick reference guide, hare a list of common crystals which are generally considered water safe. As well as a list of those that should not get wet or be submerged in water.

WATER SAFE CRYSTALS

• Agate
• Amethyst
• Ametrine
• Aquamarine
• Aventurine
• Blue Quartz
• Carnelian (not in salt water)
• Citrine
• Clear Quartz
• Diamond
• Emerald
• Golden Healer Quartz
• Jasper
• Moonakite
• Onyx
• Obsidian (may crack at extreme temperatures as it is volcanic glass.)
• Rose Quartz
• Ruby
• Rutile Quartz
• Sapphire
• Smokey Quartz
• Snow Quartz
• Tigers Eye
• Unakite

Even though a crystal maybe water safe, I personally wouldn’t leave a stone submerged in water for a long period of time. A quick dip under running water will suffice.

CRYSTALS NOT SAFE WITH WATER 

• Amazonite
• Amber
• Angelite
• Apatite
• Apophyllite 
• Aragonite
• Black Tourmaline
• Calcite (all types & colours)
• Celestite
• Chalcedony
• Copper
• Desert Rose
• Fluorite
• Halite 
• Hematite
• Howlite
• Jade
• Kunzite
• Labradorite
• Lapis Lazuli
• Lepidolite
• Malachite
• Mica
• Moldavite
• Moonstone
• Opal (all kinds)
• Pyrite
• Rhodonite
• Rhondocrosite
• Selenite
• Sodalite
• Stillbite
• Topaz
• Turquoise

Can’t see your stone on either of these lists? Before you test it out and ruin your precious gem, its safest to assume its not water safe and to cleanse it using another method. See my article on cleansing your crystals. 

The ITE rule 

Remember “ITE” rule, if it ends in “ITE” then its generally NOT safe to be in contact with water. But again this tip is not foolproof, please do your own research or use a safe cleansing method like moonlight or selenite. 

Jasmine xxx