ETYMOLOGY: In form and composition.

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal / Monoclinic.

PRINCIPLE OF FORMATION: Secondary.

CLASS MINERAL: Sulphates.

CHEMICAL FORMULA, MINERAL ELEMENTS: CaSO4 2H2O.

HARDNESS:1.5 - 2 on the Mohs scale.

FIELDS: Algeria (Sahara Desert), Tunisia, Spain (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Canet de Mar, Catalonia, La Almarcha, Cuenca), Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Desert Samalayuca, US (Cochise, Arizona).

MINERALOGY: The pink sand, is a variety of selenite, it is equal in composition and formation of the desert rose, but the small difference is its hue, pink sand, has a white color on the edges, and looks more compact, whereas the desert rose has a reddish hue. Is formed due to evaporation of water, rain absorbed rich sands plaster, penetrating the bottom of the earth, and water is attracted to the surface and can only gypsum, which upon crystallization inside the sand produces such as beautiful forms.

MYTHOLOGY: The most beautiful roses are in the desert Samalayuca (Chihuahua, Mexico). Its name is attributed to a flower because the lenticular crystals are usually grouped in the form of petals. But it also has a prickly party is in sharp edges of the crystals hidden in the sand, they can cut to the wheels of the tires of road vehicles traveling through the desert.

PROPERTIES: It is said that the pink sand stabilizes the emotional experiences slows emotional outbursts, promotes an appropriate balance between different desires and responsibilities, it helps you break negative patterns of behavior.

CHAKRAS: Crown.